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High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... issues including raising the superannuation guarantee. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the industry needed to take a strategic approach to achieve its goal of raising the super guarantee (SG) ...

Super funds praise reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... pack that the reform will create a level playing field. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said she was pleased to see the legal recognition of scaled advice. "It enables more independent financial ...

ASFA wants action on tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is heading to Canberra to lobby the Federal Government over capital gains tax relief, association chief Pauline Vamos told a packed Sydney luncheon yesterday. The organisation wants continued tax ...

Life insurance consuming dormant super fund balances

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... death claims were rising even as mortality rates fell. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia said there was no doubt people with multiple superannuation accounts were paying for insurance they did not ...

Super future hangs on High Court decision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... - to relieve the public purse of paying pensions. Ross Clare, director of research at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Limited said Roy Morgan had failed to win its case in the lower courts so far but was granted leave to appeal to ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... It will also raise the age limit for superannuation contributions from 70 to 75 years. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed the announcement saying the MMRT agreement had removed the last barrier to legislating the increase ...

Twittering social media takes time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... by a Deloitte technologist that they need to be patient to see the results. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia luncheon this week, Jamie Pride, lead partner, consulting in Technology, Media and Communication for Deloitte ...

ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... measuring the performance of superannuation funds after capital gains tax has been released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and London's FTSE Group. The index provides the first standardised measure for Australian super fund after-tax ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... investments," said Robinson, who believes oil prices are destined to remain high and rise further. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said a new risk benchmark was being developed for portfolios to assess the risk of negative ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... generations to come," she said in an emailed statement. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said she thought it would be a positive opportunity to highlight the role of the pension industry and its ...