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Australians failing to act on increased retirement cost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... comfortable retirement, HSBC believes Australians are unlikely to do anything about ensuring they achieve it. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's Retirement Standard, which tracks the rise and fall of items included in average household ...

Advice industry must not rest on laurels: Diamantidis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... accept 20% and then we get super excited if it goes up to 22%," Diamantidis said. Addressing the Sydney leg of the Association of Financial Advisers' Inspire roadshow, the 2016 AFA/TAL Female Excellence in Advice Award winner said the majority of Australians ...

AFA and ANZ begin search for 2017 Rising Star

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers and ANZ are on the hunt for the 13th Rising Star of the Year. Nominations for the award are now open to advisers with four years' experience or less in delivering quality financial advice, actively contributing ...

Top super chief executive named ACSI president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... president. Both Silk and Thow already serve as directors of ACSI, and ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said the association is delighted to have made these appointments. "Both of them have demonstrated a strong commitment to the work we do in seeking ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... to our members with development opportunities that will help them become future female leaders," NSW chair of the association Sandi Orleow said. The announcement was made at the Women in Super luncheon held in Sydney this week. The keynote speaker, NSW ...

CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... Counselling Australia chief executive Fiona Guthrie described the funding from CBA as truly ground-breaking as the association has never been able to implement training on this scale before. "Helping clients affected by domestic and family violence requires ...

LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... non-residential property in an almost 50-50 split. SMSF Association head of policy Jordan George said that the while the association understands the government's desire to ensure the tax changes to super have integrity; they remain concerned with the ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... super contributions from 1 July to be used as a first home deposit. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said while the association supports initiatives to make housing more affordable, accessing super is not in the national interest. "Our members, who ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... new body will retain the protections currently present in the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) powers. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy added it will particularly important for the new authority ...

Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... objective of super - as currently before Parliament - is to substitute or supplement the Age Pension in retirement." The association however did note that on the plus side, the measure could assist first home buyers to save for their home through a well-managed ...