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Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), said the government's decision to use tax file numbers (TFN) as the primary identifier will benefit thousands of super ...

Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... and the more super fund communication professionals take the trend seriously, the better off they will be. Speaking at the ASFA Communications Forum held in Melbourne last Friday, Anderson challenged the audience to switch from the Web 1.0 monologue ...

ASFA Awards recognise top comms strategies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... More than 150 attendees, mostly senior marketing and communications staff of various super funds, gathered at the annual ASFA Communications Awards held in Melbourne last Friday. The awards, now in its sixth year running as a standalone event, featured ...

Competition for ASFA awards heats up

FINANCIAL STANDARD WRITERS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... managers will soon have the chance to go head to head with their peers at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Communications Forum and Awards next week. ASFA will showcase the best examples of communications and marketing in the ...

ASFA adds to policy strategy team

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Former Ernst & Young partner, Jules Gribble, has joined ASFA as senior adviser - policy strategy. "Jules is an actuary and has 25 years experience as a consultant, adding an extra dimension to ASFA's policy and research team. Jules also has a keen interest ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... to have access to low-cost, user-friendly default funds. Meanwhile, the Association of Superannuation Funds in Australia (ASFA) said it would be consulting extensively with members before giving its detailed position to the Government. "ASFA will evaluate ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... increased sovereign risk and cost jobs," said Mitch Hooke, chief executive at MCA. The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) has welcomed the compromise deal, as have other superannuation interest groups. Market reaction The market responded positively ...

Govt extends drawdown relief for account-based pensions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... still ongoing volatility in investment markets. Fund members need more time to allow their account balances to recover," says ASFA chief executive, Pauline Vamos. The Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA), however, suggested a 'permanent' ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... to super fund trustees telling them that following consultations with ASIC, the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), super fund investment options will be labelled according to their ...

New benchmarks for better retirement: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The Westpac ASFA Retirement Standard, which gives Australians a good indication of how much they need to save for retirement, has been adjusted to factor in modern comforts that used to be nice-to-haves but are now must-haves. In the report, the new ...