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Short form PDS gets green light

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... The new regulations are an important step forward to a new era in disclosure for fund members, said super industry body, ASFA. "This move, and the associated incorporation by reference provisions, will encourage and enable funds to provide information ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... superannuation funds are on track to recovery. We don't need further instability," she said. Other investment associations ASFA, IFSA and Industry Funds Network couldn't be contacted by press time.

Members call for investment choice

ASFA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... Around seven out of 10 Australians want to have investment choice in super, and more than half exercise it, new research from ASFA shows. Research released by ASFA shows that fund members are engaged with their super and has called on the Cooper Panel ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... employees between 35 and 49 years," said Deloitte superannuation tax partner, Noelle Kelleher. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ASFA, agrees that more could be done. "It [raising SG to 12 per cent] is a minimum there's no doubt about it. "[But] if we ...

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... out of the member's account (as is the practice today). Industry reaction Pauline Vamos, chief executive of industry body ASFA, said the association welcomes many of the recommendations of the Review, particularly the strengthening of fiduciary duties ...

Beck appointed to ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... provider on the board but that has changed after the move to Colonial, a retail fund. "The change was necessary because of ASFA's sectoral representation rules," said Pauline Vamos, chief executive at ASFA. Beck has worked in financial services for 33 ...

IFSA blasts latest APRA league tables

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... is improved, they said the issue of broad fund reporting will not be resolved. The response of peak superannuation group ASFA is in contrast more measured. "ASFA fully supports the measuring of the overall performance of super funds. Governance, management ...

AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
AMIST Super has become the first super fund to adopt the FTSE ASFA Australia after-tax benchmarks for its Australian equities managers. John Livanas, chief executive at AMIST Super, which has more than $280 million in invested in Australian equities ...

Berends joins QSuper investment committee

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... Consultants Association. She recently resigned her position on the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) after serving on the board for twelve years, including three years as chair. In recognition of her significant contribution ...

Fees secondary to return: Qantas Super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... an issue that has been swept aside as fee debates heat up, said Qantas Super chief executive, Janet Torney. Speaking at an ASFA luncheon yesterday, Torney said "one of the things that gets lost is the issue of net investment return" as funds vie to be ...