Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 21 - 30 of 275 results for "Vamos"

ASFA backs super boost pledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... website. Outgoing Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive and Super Booster Day ambassador Pauline Vamos said the initiative was about helping Australians achieve their lifestyle goals when they stop working "and this requires ...

ASFA appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... 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 be former TAL Insurance chief executive Jim Minto. He ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... 1.7% during the quarter. Over the last 12 months insurance premiums have increased by 5.2%. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said the association advocates a goal of at least 50% of retirees living at the comfortable standard by 2050 but unfortunately ...

Self-employed missing super savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... superannuation - this is compared to 50% of employees under the Superannuation Guarantee (SG). ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said it is extremely concerning that Australians who are self-employed have a lot less super savings than employees who ...

Super needs calm after budget shake-up: Vamos

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... 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 event before leaving the industry ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... believe are also important in addressing this disparity between women and men in retirement," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. Women in Super chair Cate Wood said that the recommendations highlight the structural unfairness of the current superannuation ...

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

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... average 9.3% per year over 30 years, while HELP debts increase at CPI, 3.8%, over 30 years. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said: "The primary purpose of the [super] system should be defined in legislation to ensure that all working Australians, save ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... 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 policy and advocacy work." "Educating ...

Govt announces superannuation's objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... superannuation industry operates, ASFA added: "[we] believe that the superannuation system has an extended purpose." Pauline Vamos, ASFA chief executive, said, "Once the purpose and principles of the system are enshrined, we can have a conversation about ...

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... choose their own fund." "Super funds must be judged on the long term 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 ...