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Superannuation fears regulatory strangle: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... overreach and strangulation in red tape. This was the takeaway message from Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) independent chair Michael Easson in his opening address at this year's major conference in Sydney. Being careful not to ...

Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... those of new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy, who warned at the 2016 ASFA Conference that the superannuation industry is "next on the menu" for disruption from the fintech sector. "If we're going to be successful ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... member's progress towards achieving their target retirement income. Mercer senior partner, David Knox, told the ASFA conference that the RRI should not replace investment performance surveys but make them more personable. He said it will help super funds ...

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... adequately tackle this through the implementation of appropriate policies and changes to insurance arrangements." She encouraged ASFA to "take these issues seriously and to consider how the industry can both take proactive steps to improve the current ...

ASFA board changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... three lifetime memberships. The board composition was revealed following ASFA's annual general meeting at the 2016 ASFA Conference on the Gold Coast. Michael Easson is independent chair, HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia and REST chief executive Damian ...

Super is "next on the menu" for disruption: new ASFA CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy has warned. Speaking at the 2016 ASFA Conference, Fahy noted the "challenges" inherent to his new role, saying he "carried the weight of success of my predecessor, Pauline Vamos" ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... change sooner than you might think. We're already getting off the bottom in terms of inflation." Flanders told the ASFA conference that although Britain voted for change, the markets more or less carried on. "Equity markets remain higher than at the ...

Super funds should enforce corporate conduct: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... companies, according to former Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chair Jim Minto. Speaking at the 2016 ASFA Conference on the Gold Coast, Minto argued it was only natural that super funds, given their significant shareholder voting power ...

QSuper takes industry leap with retirement incomes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... through their post-retirement phase was a key priority of the fund. QSuper data scientist Helen Johnson told the ASFA conference in November that about 30% of the fund's members, over a one year period, are converting into a pension account. At the time ...

ASFA chief executive Vamos to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos has decided that the time is right to step down after eight and a half years in the role. The ASFA board will shortly commence recruitment for her replacement and ...