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Industry assoc review goals and growth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
From ASFA to AIST and SPAA, FPA to the AFA - there are more than 40 associations representing the financial services sector, prompting industry professionals to question the need for multiple associations, and whether mergers should be on the cards. ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
After being largely overlooked during the election campaign and in the scramble to form government, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has put superannuation policy firmly back in the political spotlight. The Minister called on mining companies and ...

WA senator appointed super shadow minister

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
WA senator Mathias Cormann has been appointed shadow minister for financial services and superannuation, while his predecessor Luke Hartsuyker becomes shadow minister for regional communications. Senator Cormann has also been appointed shadow assistant ...

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Bill Shorten, former Parliamentary secretary for disability services and AustralianSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation director, has been appointed minister for superannuation while former superannuation minister Chris Bowen takes on the ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
The Independents holding the balance of power in Federal Parliament could be subjected to three years of intense lobbying as the financial services industry comes to grips with a minority government. Industry bodies remain united in their desire to ...

Moving forward with Gillard

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Industry bodies have expressed relief at PM Julia Gillard's formation of a minority government and remain hopeful that an increase to the superannuation guarantee will be passed under a hung parliament. "We welcome the end of the uncertainty, with the ...

ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The rising importance of superannuation in the economy and members growing reliance on their super's performance have formed the basis for the latest ASFA Policy principles report, released this week. The principles report, which is updated annually ...

AMP makes super reading easy

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
AMP has designed a personalised Member Benefits Report that helps engage its members by allowing them to better understand their superannuation. The report will be sent to all 280,000 AMP CustomSuper and SignatureSuper members across direct and planner ...

ASFA calls on Cooper to aid SuperStream reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Super System Review panel, to write a paper that will outline the right framework to deliver key SuperStream reforms. The paper will be presented at ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The financial services industry is still digesting the ramifications of Saturday's election cliffhanger, which has given Australia its first hung parliament since 1940. "It certainly does leave the industry in limbo at the moment," said Fiona Reynolds ...