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Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... both price increases and decreases that immediately flowed from the impact of the pandemic," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. "Dramatic changes in our lifestyles had a big impact on demand and prices right across the economy but for at least some ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... patterns, work part-time and tend to be lower paid," Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said. "Structural issues such as the $450 per month threshold for SG, not receiving super during paid parental leave, practical ...

Majority of Aussies want SG rise: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... helping them to build the nest egg necessary to fund a dignified retirement in this country," said ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy. In addition to the revelations about the SG, the results also found that 75% of respondents said that they would struggle ...

ASFA proposes MySuper test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... estimates that about $100 billion of members' money is left in underperforming super products. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said Australia does not suffer from a shortage of good funds. It is imperative that any measures that are designed to address ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... don't reduce competitive intensity or damage the nation building role of superannuation," said ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy. "In the absence of the release of the Retirement Income Review and the lack of specificity in the Budget papers, it is unclear ...

Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... also welcomes the campaign and is calling on the superannuation industry to join the initiative. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said: "ASFA commends HESTA and encourages all super funds to sign up to the 40:40 Vision campaign and commit to addressing ...

New law backs choice of fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... member engagement and lead to paying higher fees. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy welcomed the new law. "Improvements in the efficiency of contributions processing (through the adoption of SuperStream) ...

Pandemic heightened need for SG increase: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... dried up super contributions from employers can have a devastating impact on retirement savings," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. "Superannuation contributions made by employers are an employee entitlement, just like wages. In the case of insolvencies ...

Superannuation critical to economic recovery

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... Association has pushed for a proposal for the early release of super to address housing affordability. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said the proposal would inflate the price of a property by $50,000 and eat into the retirement savings of young Australians. ...

ASFA sets out productivity plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... as the impact of COVID-19 continues to disrupt Australia's financial and economic conditions. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy praised the work super funds have done to support their members and the community during the pandemic. "Superannuation funds ...