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Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... nine months' worth of super for someone on average weekly earnings. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos urged people to be engaged with their superannuation to ensure they are not missing out on payments. ...

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In its submission to the government's review of retirement income stream regulation, ASFA said this whole-of-life ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... superannuation benefit'. The proposed changes would apply form 1 July 2015. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has been lobbying the government to make these changes for over three years. In a statement in April 2012, for example ...

ASFA releases 'first of its kind' best practice paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed an investment management best practice paper, for use only by its members. According to ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos, the paper is the first of its kind not to have been ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... life insurance through superannuation, a new report commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found. Overall the report found 40% of Australians had either a poor understanding or no understanding at all of their ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... Melbourne. A recent infrastructure conference in Sydney organised by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) attracted enthusiastic investors from around the globe, and gave testament to the proposition that global pension funds are ...

Former Treasury adviser joins ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... been appointed to the newly created role of chief policy officer at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). McCrea will have overall responsibility for "ensuring that ASFA's advocacy is prioritised appropriately and supported by ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its 140 page submission the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) put the emphasis on limiting expenditure on the Age Pension, saying the aim should be to halve the number of Australians ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... security by about $403 million, according to new research commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). These savings are a result of a decrease in costs related to government spending on income payments to families who ...

ASFA asks FSI for clear targets to measure super success

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Murray Inquiry to set clear objectives against which the success of superannuation's role in reducing the Age Pension burden on public coffers can be measured. In its latest ...