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AFA launches national adviser award

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the launch of a major national annual award for the AFA risk adviser members. "The primary objectives of the AFA are to improve educational and ethical standards of financial planners and to ...

ASFA issues disclosure and risk management best practice guidelines

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has issued best practice papers on two major issues affecting the superannuation industry at present - risk management and the development of product disclosure statements - both of which will ...

Mortgage industry to establish tribunal to uphold standards

The Mortgage Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) plans to establish a special tribunal with powers to censure, suspend and expel members for misconduct, it has announced. Speaking at the association's national conference in Melbourne, MIAA chief ...

"The time for rhetoric is over": ASFA demands progress on super

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed the Government's commitment to superannuation reform, but warned that political compromise by all parties may be necessary to ensure the reforms are put into practice. "The three ...

ASFA welcomes Coonan's reassurance on co-contribution

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), a strident critic of Government policy in the wake of Tuesday's Budget announcement, has welcomed Senator Helen Coonan's reassurance today that the Government "remains committed" to the superannuation ...

Income tax Budget gets mixed reaction

... commitment or strategy to help people save for their retirement," said Philippa Smith, chief executive officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Smith said that in last year's Budget approximately $300 million was allocated ...

ASFA calls on government to deliver on $300 million promise

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged the Government to free up the $300 million allocated in the last Budget to matching voluntary super contributions and channel it towards those who need to save most. "Given the impasse ...

ASFA calls for standardised fees and charges disclosure

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged the government and ASIC to implement standardised disclosure documents to allow consumers to compare fees and charges across the superannuation industry, it announced today. ASFA ...

MTAA Super releases four new investment options

The $1.4 billion Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation fund has unveiled four new investment options for members and renamed its existing 'Secure' option to 'Conservative'. MTAA said the new options would enable its members to become ...

Coonan resilient on super surcharges, co-contribution

... government's position on superannuation surcharges and co-contribution in the wake of stinging criticism last from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) that the Government was "not living up to its election commitments to provide ...