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Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... 'comfortable lifestyle' budget for a couple and $41,090 budget for single people, as estimated by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Only 30% of baby boomers surveyed had actually sought formal financial advice, while the remaining ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... growth, balanced or conservative. One of the most important messages that came out of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) national annual conference late last year was the need for not-for-profit funds to meet the individual retirement ...

Life-cycle funds boost retirement income: Mercer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... super system, according to Mercer's David Anderson. The financial services provider used the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney last week, as an opportunity to advocate the benefits of whole of life products. ...

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... years or two terms of five years. "Annual re-elections force short-termism," he said at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference in Sydney last week. "Directors must be allowed to plan for the future." Gonski, who is also an independent ...

Advisers must gravitate from engagement to guidance: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... "ten-inch thick" Statement of Advice product to its clients, she said, speaking at last week's Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney. While still only at the Bill stage, Tranche three of the Gillard Government's ...

Cloud computing to boost real-time super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... to how fund members can access their superannuation data in the future. This year's annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney played host to a session that tried to tackle one of the trickier questions facing ...

ASFA Board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
HOSTPLUS boss David Elia attended his first Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia board meeting yesterday after being unveiled as the representative body's newest director. "We are extremely pleased to have someone of David's caliber join ...

Outcomes-based investing is the future for wealth creation sector: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... outcomes-based investing, we will not have an industry," Henaghan said, speaking yesterday at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) annual conference. Most investment processes used now were designed for a stable economic background ...

Industry funds to concentrate on direct distribution

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... now, for us it is about preserving that position," said Lally, speaking this morning at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney. Effective marketing will be important for industry funds hoping to hold onto this ...

Super funds told to embrace tech

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... before it is too late, said a senior Deloitte Digital executive yesterday. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference, Katherine Milesi, also a Deloitte partner said that super funds might have less time than they ...