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Tuning in to Generation Next: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... executive chair Arun Abey will talk about behavioural finance and how it applies to Gen X and Y-ers. ASFA chief Pauline Vamos said that while Generation Next has largely been overlooked because they have relatively small balances, the time is ripe to ...

ASFA supports same sex super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... benefits is an affordable option for the Commonwealth, at an estimated annual cost to revenue of less than $1 million. Pauline Vamos, ASFA chief executive, said, at present, same sex couples are forced to establish an entitlement under different provisions ...

Industry backs ASIC 'super snapshot'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... personalised projections based on their current contribution rate would, in effect, give them a wake-up call," said Pauline Vamos, ASFA chief executive. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) also welcomed the ASIC consultation paper. ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... of such savings would most likely have been saved anyway, though this supports IFSA economy-wide policy approach. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed the report and reiterated ASFA's continued support ...

Self-employed lack super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... self-employed compared with wage and salary earners within the wider Australian labour force," said ASFA chief executive, Pauline Vamos. According to the research, the average super balance for self-employed males in 2006 was $49,130 compared with females' ...

Pragnell moves to APCA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... critical role in defining the future direction of the payments system in Australia was irresistible," said Pragnell. Pauline Vamos, ASFA chief executive, said the association's director of research, Ross Clare would replace Pragnell in a caretaker capacity. ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... chief executive; Andrea Slattery, Self Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia chief executive; Pauline Vamos, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and Garry Weaven, Industry Funds Management chairman. Representing the academia ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... forges onward with new goals and agenda for 2008. Speaking at the peak body's New South Wales luncheon yesterday, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ASFA said: "We can always look at a market changing direction as a negative but I think it's an enormous ...

Super gender gap narrows

... Australians account for a majority of money so it is a women's issue but it is a low income issue as well," said Pauline Vamos, ASFA's chief executive. Based on ABS data, ASFA estimates that the average retirement payouts early this year are likely to ...

Members require ID checks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... of potential use for money laundering and terrorism financing, but all financial products are subject to the new regime," Vamos said. Vamos said ASFA has engaged in discussions on ways to make the identification process easier for fund members. "ASFA ...