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Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... take the lead in guiding the public through the challenges currently facing the sector, delegates at the 2011 ASFA conference heard. That's according to former chief of the defence forces and Qantas Superannuation director Peter Cosgrove, who said this ...

ASFA: Focus on the positives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
This year's ASFA conference in Brisbane opened in high spirits, despite the last minute cancellation of one of the key note speakers, Dr. Jose-Ramos Horta. The Timor -Leste president was replaced in the opening plenary session by former Liberal Foreign ...

More voice needed in policy debate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... industry has got a trillion dollars today, and in 25 years [we will reach] $6 trillion dollars," he said at an ASFA conference last week. "For me, there's two elements what that means for the industry's role in policy debate - one is that [we] increase ...

Cooper push for "Super Council"

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Speaking at the ASFA conference, Jeremy Cooper, leader of the recently completed Super System Review, said he will recommend the swimEC Council establish a co-regulatory super council. Cooper, who is currently completing his final report for swimEC ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... of single issue advice. John McMurtrie, chief executive of superannuation administrator AAS and speaker at the ASFA conference in Adelaide yesterday, said the firm refers around 4 per cent of its calls to Money Solutions, its advice arm. The firm has ...

Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... differences in the industry which are likely to dictate substantially... differences of views," he said at an ASFA conference session this morning, when asked if the two super segments could be more cohesive in 15 years. The fact that not-for-profit ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... community in return for the government support they receive. Minister Shorten, who was the keynote speaker at the ASFA Conference in Adelaide yesterday, highlighted his disappointment at the industry's lack of cohesion when it comes to pushing the superannuation ...

ASFA calls on Cooper to aid SuperStream reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... will outline the right framework to deliver key SuperStream reforms. The paper will be presented at the annual ASFA conference in November and will help determine the right governance framework that will improve the industry's electronic standards. This ...

Seven signs of the end of an empire

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... truly shifted to the BRIC economies. David Thomas, co-founder and director at BRIC+Program and speaker at the ASFA conference last week, drew parallels between the US' economic dominance and that of the Britiss in the 1800s and early 1900s. He also quoted ...

SMSFs not exempt from tough reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... as the government cracks down on the sector's accountability, efficiency and governance issues. Speaking at the ASFA conference this morning, Minister Bowen said SMSFs "cannot consider itself exempt from the types of accountability, efficiency and governance" ...