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ASFA wary about SMSF property schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is calling for mandatory Australian financial services licensing (AFSL) for all persons involved in the sale of investment products and property to self-managed super funds (SMSF). ASFA expressed ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Major financial services bodies are throwing their support behind Mathias Cormann, asking for him to be appointed Minister of Superannuation and Financial Services in the new Government. "I've only ever asked one thing of Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey ...

Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Coalition's plan to introduce stricter rules aimed at ensuring super fund board independence could be counterproductive, according to Sally Wheeler, professor of law at Queen's College, Belfast. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of ...

Howes to join AMP wealth management business

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
Melinda Howes, the departing chief executive of the Actuaries Institute is set to take a position with AMP in its wealth management business. While her reporting line is still being finalised due to internal restructures within AMP, her title will be ...

Actuaries Institute recruiting after CEO resignation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
The Actuaries Institute hopes to make a new chief executive appointment within the coming months, after the resignation of current head Melinda Howes. Howes was the chief executive of the Actuaries Institute for nearly four years and resigned yesterday. ...

Medical charges put pressure on retiree living costs

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Significant price rises for medical and hospital services have led to a modest increase in the cost of living for retirees according to the latest Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard figures. The figured for the June ...

Industry asks for stronger consultation after elections

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The financial services industry welcomed September 7 as the date for the federal elections, and has asked for stronger and more transparent consultation process once the result no matter what the result is. The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia ...

Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The industry has reacted positively to Thursday's joint announcement that the Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) will form a union. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

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
As the population ages, Australia's three-pillar retirement system will find itself under unprecedented pressure. According to MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner, over the next decade about four million Australians will retire. An integral part ...