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Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Tony Abbott quickly moved to rule out making changes any time soon. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes the superannuation preservation age should be set at least five years lower than the Age Pension eligibility age. ...

Low income retirees to feel budget pain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... in Tuesday's budget, according to Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Speaking at ASFA's post-budget briefing in Sydney yesterday, Vamos said that while there was not a great deal in the budget ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... it will rise at a rate of 0.5% a year until it reaches 12% in 2022. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos, who has been a vocal proponent of raising the SG sooner rather than later, said: "While the ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... commercial in confidence information. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said, "The product dashboard is an important tool to help people make choices about where they put their retirement savings ...

Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... eligible to receive adequate support from the Age Pension in retirement. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) supported the commission's recommendation that the superannuation preservation age should be set at least five years ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... support of the awards system as a filter for default fund selection. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which represents all super funds, said that fees were not the only thing to consider. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos ...

Could government issue its own annuities?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... linked bonds. Most submissions that dealt with this topic - including the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Actuaries Institute, UniSuper and Challenger - focused on the need to remove regulatory impediments to the development ...

Mercer launches retirement adequacy index

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... comfortable retirement. The Mercer Retirement Readiness Index (RRI) compares a members' projected retirement income against the ASFA Comfortable Retirement Standard, which currently stands at $57,665 per annum for a retired couple. It converts the estimated ...

IPA joins calls for LISC reintroduction

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Financial Services Council (FSC), The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA). "We need to build ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... regulation of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector. Both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian (ASFA), which represents all prudentially-regulated super funds, and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...