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Policies can adjust super tax concessions: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... Australia believes there are policies the federal government could implement promptly to adjust superannuation tax concessions. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said lifetime caps on concessional and non-concessional contributions and different tax ...

Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... existing concessional tax treatments for superannuation - as it is "compulsory and cannot be accessed till retirement" - ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos agreed that superannuation taxation is still in need of review, particularly in light of larger ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... retirees make their superannuation last longer, according to modelling by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). The report found that retirees with a traditional defensive portfolio (75% ...

New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched a new course designed to raise the level of knowledge of advisers and product issuers when it comes to post-retirement. The course will help financial advisers and funds respond ...

Hockey contemplates first home buyer access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... superannuation more flexible to cope with the ins and outs from a working life." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) called for caution in response to Hockey's comments: "policies that merely increase the capacity of individuals ...

Women in Super launches executive education scholarships

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... Super lunch in Sydney last week where Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), was the guest speaker. To enquire about the scholarships, go to www.womeninsuper.com.au.

Super is working but can be improved: Ripoll

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... system provides the Federal Government cannot be ignored. He pointed to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)'s estimate that more than $7 billion a year is saved from Age Pension outlays because individual superannuation savings. ...

ASFA supports ASIC electronic disclosure consultation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) has expressed its support for the ideas discussed in ASIC Consultation Paper 224 - Facilitating electronic financial services disclosures. It argued that ASIC facilitating electronic disclosure will assist ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed a new retirement standard, the ASFA Retirement Standard for Older Retirees, which outlines the expenditure required for Australians aged 90-95 to maintain a comfortable or modest ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... this review on the backburner. At its annual conference in November, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) took matters into its own hands, launching a policy framework for the retirement phase of superannuation in which it recommended ...