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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
... 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 event before leaving the industry body in June, Vamos said ...

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 ...

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

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... 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 ASFA said ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... 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 of our ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... retirement living standards. The institute suggests a variation of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) "comfortable" level for retirement might be appropriate. "If we can get at least 50% of Australians up to the ASFA comfortable ...

Indigenous workers retire with 27pct less: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... accumulate enough superannuation assets to allow them to maintain a satisfactory standard of living in their retirement (based on ASFA estimates)," Bianchi said. The study assumes participants contribute 9.5% of pre-tax income into their superannuation ...

Govt announces superannuation's objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... improved standard of living in retirement. A statement released today by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said: "The purpose of the system as outlined by the government in today's discussion paper-to provide income in retirement ...

QSuper takes industry leap with retirement incomes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... members through their post-retirement phase was a key priority of the fund. QSuper data scientist Helen Johnson told the ASFA conference in November that about 30% of the fund's members, over a one year period, are converting into a pension account. ...

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... net returns delivered to members," he added. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Super funds of Australia (ASFA), said: "There is always room for improvement, but it's important to start by recognising what our system does well." Factors ...