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APRA tweaks insurance in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... arrangements when selecting an insurer and not just the level of insurance premiums. Speaking at an Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) event yesterday, Jones recognised the change from APRA's original proposal to restrict insurance benefits ...

AusSuper introduces new member risk framework

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... factored in the Standard Risk Measure guidance released by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) last year. The purpose of this Standard Risk Measure is to allow super fund members to more easily compare ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... rising rate of decumulation. Graham Sammells, chief executive of the IQ Business group and chair for the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) electronic commerce policy subcommittee, spoke at a media briefing yesterday about the importance ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... Costs climbed by 1.3% in the March quarter this year from the December quarter 2010, according to the Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard figures. Figures show that a retired couple will need to spend $54,562 a year to live ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... services to the superannuation industry and the broader community. In his career, Dwyer is a director for Association of Super Funds of Australia and chair for Professional Accreditation Review Committee. He was also founding chairman of Fund Executives ...

Voluntary top-up contribs not enough: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... solution for improving retirement income standards being an increase in compulsory contributions, said the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA). "Despite significant tax incentives for making voluntary superannuation contributions, only around ...

ASFA ushers year of e-commerce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Graham Sammells, chief executive of the IQ Business group, who has just been re-elected as chair for the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) subcommittee. In his second consecutive year as chair, Sammells said he will push for the introduction ...

Related party asset exposures pose conflict: report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... November, while retail funds returned 3.5 per cent. Meanwhile, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Super Funds in Australia (ASFA), said the retail business model is changing, "[It's] changing as they move more and more into master trusts ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... implemented across the board," Reynolds said. Reynolds' sentiments were echoed by Pauline Vamos of the Association of Super Funds, Australia (ASFA). "Without this boost to retirement savings and the Australian economy it will become more difficult for ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... heard by what is likely to be a very different parliament," said Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Super Funds, Australia. "If (superannuation reforms) had been a big deal breaker for the Independents, I think we would already know ...