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SMSFA calls for budget amendments

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... themes of its submission are simplification, review, and the modernisation of the sector. Within this framework, the association has identified eight issues where this can be achieved. The first point raised is around simplifying transfer balance caps ...

Casey Thompson joins First Super board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... Meanwhile, last week, First Super entered a new partnership with the Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA). The association is the peak body for forest contracting businesses. "First Super has always had strong links with employers and employees ...

The time is right: AFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
The proposed merger between the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has seen a mixed response, with many questioning the timing, but Phil Anderson says it's the right time. The idea of the ...

AFA, FPA to explore merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to consider a merger. The aim, they say, is to create a united voice for the financial advice sector. The associations ...

A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... the complexities and range of issues involved." The group is comprised of 12 industry associations, including the Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial Planning Association of Australia, CPA Australia, Self-Managed Super Fund Association and ...

Registrations open for FPA initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... KeyInvest, Magellan Group and Pickles, the Six-Foot Track Challenge will take place over two days, November 20-21. The association has also opened applications for its 2022 grants program, which close 5pm on September 30. "We are delighted to offer up ...

Assets under custody take a hit: ACSA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... adjustments to methodologies for some ACSA members. It also reflects increased consolidation of custody mandates, the association pointed out. Assets held on behalf of Australian investors fell 7.1% while assets held on behalf of offshore investors dropped ...

Aussies pay the price for early release of super: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... almost one million member accounts, largely held by women, single parents and the unemployed. A new analysis by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia illustrates the impact of the ERS scheme on super funds and the members that took advantage ...

Peter Burgess to become SMSFA chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... since May 2017. Burgess brings more than 20 years of industry experience to the position, including three years as the association's technical director before joining the SMSF administrator SuperConcepts in 2013 as general manager, technical services ...

Aussies don't need so much in retirement savings: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... ($75,000) will need combined savings of $1,021,000. Under the March 2022 iteration of the Retirement Standard from the Association of Super Funds of Australia, a single person aged around 67 needs $46,494 to live comfortably, while $29,632 is needed ...