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New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... within the industry. Among them are Macquarie Group former CEO Allan Moss, Vanguard Group former CEO Jeremy Duffield, and ASFA and First State Super former CEO Philippa Smith.

Policy team reshuffles at ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... the departure last year of policy manager Margaret Stewart. Last week the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said that after Stewart left the lobbying group due to illness, it had reviewed how it structured the policy team. "Policy ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... Minister Julia Gillard last week. The independent representative body The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) yesterday said that any change to superannuation tax concessions - that the Government made in the upcoming Federal Budget ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... than the overall rate of inflation, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released today. The cost of a 'comfortable' retirement has risen 2% in the last 12 months while a 'modest' retirement costs ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... of an effort to attract self managed super fund trustees into the fund. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos said that any superannuation fund that let SMSF trustees access its investments could be hoping ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... proportion with its balance after a certain point. Chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Pauline Vamos said in her testimony that if a fee cap is not put in the final tranche of draft laws, some funds might encourage ...

VicSuper and Aust Ethical adopt after-tax benchmark

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... $2.4 billion Australian equity assets under management - have adopted an after-tax benchmark from the industry standard FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series. Both funds will be using the franking credit tranches of the FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series as ...

Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... 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 70 percent who hadn't regularly ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... 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 needs of ...

Advice tech more than back office tool: JP Morgan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... with their retirement income, according to a scaled advice software provider. J.P. Morgan's Donn Hess, speaking at a recent ASFA conference, said that retirement income projections had been a key factor in motivating Americans to better engage with their ...