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Government to 'crack down further' on financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... family violence can be stopped from receiving their victim's superannuation after death. Superannuation advocacy body's Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and Super Members Council (SMC) welcomed the proposal. "For too long, perpetrators ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... Spender criticised the government for its lack of action on urgent advice reforms. Speaking at the Financial Advice Association Australia's (FAAA) federal election financial services summit, Spender said while minister for financial services Stephen ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Ahead of the federal election, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged all contesting parties to consider its recommendations to "protect and strengthen" the super sector. The peak body is calling for specific reforms in ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... which reduces costs and supports the growth of the industry." The announcement was welcomed by the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said she was encouraged to see several of the Coalition's proposed measures ...

Aussies prefer advisers, analyst notes over social media

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... tune into social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Instagram for investment education. Conversely, a 2024 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) survey found that young Australians are increasingly relying on social media ...

Webull launches SMSF account offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... SMSFs with balances under $500,000 tend to underperform industry and retail funds after expenses and tax. The SMSF Association, however, which commissioned research from the University of Adelaide, begged to differ. Its research found that SMSFs with ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... and was also general manager of the NSW industry super fund ASSET Super for 10 years. He is a former director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Bennelong Funds Management and a founding director of Fund Executive Association. He ...

AIOFP partners with fintech firm to offer white-labelled digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has partnered with fintech firm moneyGPS, which will provide its digital advice platform to the advice association's 120 AFSL members and 5000 financial advisers. Through the partnership ...

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
New estimates from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) show less than 5% of eligible first homebuyers would actually benefit from an early access scheme. For years now, the Coalition has pushed its 'super for housing' policy ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... said. Financial Standard understands Aware Super, UniSuper, and Colonial First State have also not been affected. The Association of Australian Super Funds (ASFA) said retirement savers should be assured super funds and their service providers already ...