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ASFA appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia will announce its new chief executive in September following an extensive search and selection process to replace Pauline Vamos. Overseeing ASFA in an interim chief executive role from 16 July will ...

More winners than losers in super budget measures: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... measures announced in the Budget than be negatively affected by them, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia figures. ASFA prepared the research to "inform the debate," according to its statement, and follows Malcolm Turnbull's ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... doesn't mean they are necessarily any closer to achieving adequate retirements. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released its Retirement Standard quarterly update and it shows a substantial fall in petrol prices offset an increase ...

ASFA recognises super challenge for PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has acknowledged the Productivity Commission's challenging task in measuring the competitiveness and efficiency of a complex and heterogeneous system and its wider industry. In its first submission ...

Self-employed missing super savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... contributions it leaves a large portion without suitable plans for retirement. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), who conducted the research, found self-employed Australians aged 60 to 64 have about half the superannuation of ...

Super needs calm after budget shake-up: Vamos

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... what has been described as the biggest shake-up to super in more than a decade. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Pauline Vamos shared this belief at ASFA's post-budget luncheon in Sydney on Wednesday. At her final ASFA ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... several super industry representative groups welcomed the Senate report. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) urged the federal government to "commence implementation of at least some of these measures as part of the 2016/17 Budget ...

Trust in financial advice falling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... retire with $470,485 and in 2015 this amount dropped to $398,707, well below the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia estimates of $640,000 for a couple or $545,000 for a single. Glenn Wealands, head of research and analytics at Rabobank ...

Is tapping into super to pay off student debt a good idea?

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... substantially alleviate financial pressures that young families may be experiencing. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has hit back at the idea which has resurfaced in an article in the Australian Financial Review. In a statement ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... purely from the consumer perspective. This is too big a problem for us to ignore." Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos said the association puts retirement outcomes for Australians at the "front and centre ...