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Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... Financial Services Council (FSC) will form a union. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said: "We are heartened by the announcement from the Financial Services Council and the Industry Super ...

ASFA calls for clarity on Labor's super law freeze

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has called on the government to clarify whether the announced but yet-to-be-legislated superannuation reforms will be dropped as part of Labor's promise of a five-year super tax freeze. ASFA chief ...

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... 47%. While this demonstrates a decline, the figure is still too large to be sustainable. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos has advocated a "stick and carrot" approach, rather than a cap. "There's ...

Qantas Super chief joins ASFA board

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Qantas Superannuation chief executive Jane Perry has been appointed to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) board. Her previous positions include chief executive of J.P. Morgan Treasury and Securities Services Australia and New ...

Former Hostplus marketing head joins Frontier

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... with an economics major, marketing and superannuation qualifications, and is a fellow of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Frontier has also appointed former Frontier employee Michael Sofer to the real assets research team ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... "downgrading" the superannuation portfolio. However, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, disputed Cormann's claim. Vamos said the portfolio is still in cabinet under Treasurer Chris Bowen. She described ...

Labor completes super agenda with passage of four bills

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... clarifies the definition of 'superannuation contribution' to include defined benefits. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos has called for co-operation and pragmatism in the implementation of this ...

FSC and ASFA to review SRM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) are reviewing the Standard Risk Measure (SRM) a year after its launch. A full review and analysis of the first phase of the SRM has been scheduled for ...

APRA delays collection of super reporting form

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... of 2013-2014, but it has delayed it to October 28, 2014. APRA made the decision after the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) expressed ...

SuperStream data standards superficial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... superficially cover how gateways interact with each other." The SGP is an alliance comprising Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial ...