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ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched two new tools to help super trustees strengthen their fraud controls. The new features, dubbed the Scams and Fraud Toolkit and the Scams Policy Template, are now available and ...

Comfortable retirement requires $432k in super: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... $432,000 in their nest egg. Some 70% of expenses is assumed to be funded by the Age Pension. Comparatively, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) calculates that a comfortable retirement means having $690,000 in super for couples ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... refers to the MySuper option, rather than advertising the Umbrella Product X more generally," the legislation reads. Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty described the legislation as a series of "pro-member" reforms. ...

Industry bodies offer Payday Super resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... Payday Super legislation, as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) warns employers to be ready by 1 July 2026. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) launched the Payday Super Hub to help super funds, employers, administrators and ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Australia's superannuation system. For all the whitepapers, seminars and retirement calculators available online, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) research shows that only 51% of Australians, and 60% of those aged 65 or more ...

Payday Super laws passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... reforms being welcomed by the superannuation industry. The new laws are slated to come into effect on 1 July 2026. Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed the passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill, describing ...

FAAA names new board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) appointed three members to its board who will serve a term of three years. Viridian Financial Group joint chief executive Glenn Calder and Marshan Consulting managing director Ben Marshan join as ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... individuals' but he says many of them achieve a comfortable retirement at or around the standard published by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which is $690,000 for couples and $595,000 for singles. "I watch the finance ...

Australian super funds 'important' for the UK economy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Australia's super system," IFM Investors head of global external relations David Whiteley said. Meanwhile, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Mary Delahunty said the UK's unique characteristics are precisely the ...

Payday super laws introduced to parliament

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... legislation has been a long time coming, it's time to get this done," SMC chief executive, Misha Schubert said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty said super funds were prepared for the "major shift" ...