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Former Astarra director permanently banned from fin services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... Capital. ASIC found Liu engaged in dishonest conduct in matters such as incorrect statements made in the Astarra Strategic Fund (ASF) Product Disclosure Statement and in receiving more than $388,041 in payments outside his salary as a reward for his ...

Superpartners CEO joins ASFA board

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Representative group The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia today said that Superpartners chief executive Peter McNeil would join its board. McNeil has agreed to fill the vacancy for a service provider representative left by Peter Beck ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
A new consumer centre designed to champion the rights of super fund members will be unveiled in July and if the founding committee gets it right, the centre could help Australians add at least $4 billion more to their retirement kitty. The Centre for ...

Policy team reshuffles at ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has restructured its policy team after the departure last year of policy manager Margaret Stewart. Last week the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said that after Stewart left ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Dignity is the primary goal of the country's retirement system, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia reminded the Federal Government yesterday. Speculation over changes that both the Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition would ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
The cost of living a modest retirement has risen faster 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% ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
After HOSTPLUS announced last week that it would potentially let self managed super funds access its investments, fellow industry superannuation funds have denied they have similar plans. CareSuper chief executive Julie Lander said that the idea of ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Representatives for the superannuation industry have argued against a Federal Government decision that would stop funds capping administration fees under draft reform laws. Speaking before a Parliamentary Joint Committee that is investigating the last ...

VicSuper and Aust Ethical adopt after-tax benchmark

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
VicSuper and Australian Ethical Superannuation - which collectively have over $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 ...

Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
A whopping 86% of Australia's 5.5 million baby boomers are, in varying degrees, financially under-prepared for retirement, according to research release by industry super heavyweight REST Industry Super today. Dubbed The Journey Begins, the REST-commissioned ...