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Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... complicates liquidity risk management for many super funds, said Howard Rosario, chief executive of Westscheme. Speaking at the ASFA conference today, Rosario said the pressure is mounting on trustees to manage liquidity risk - and there are more issues ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Australians are more concerned about having enough money to retire on than keeping the family home and their work, new research by ASFA shows. Recent findings from Auspoll commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, found Australians ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... advisers, said an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ASFA conference audience yesterday that one of the supply side challenges super funds are facing is intra-fund adviser recruitment ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... - a grim reality that should spur trustees to start lowering the risk in their existing portfolios today. Speaking at the ASFA conference this morning, Marshman made the bold statement to drive home his key message: the primary role of trustees is to ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... savings and the super industry will play a key role, said David Morgan, former chief executive of Westpac. Morgan told the ASFA conference this morning that we need to remember that concern about Australia's national savings rate was a prime motivator ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... if the Government makes changes to super that "unintentionally" disadvantages low to middle-income earners. Industry body ASFA challenged new Treasury figures released last week that concluded the current 9 per cent compulsory super combined with the ...

Govt selects Medicare to run national clearinghouse

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... businesses don't follow a standard format, use a paper-based system and prone to human error. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ASFA, said the voluntary clearinghouse facility is a significant first step in lowering admin costs for small businesses. ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... the savings needs of the wider Australian public. Debating on whether SG should be raised from its current 9 per cent at an ASFA lunch yesterday, Cox took the argument one step further by challenging the fundamental values of the superannuation industry ...

Super saved the economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Superannuation helped Australia avoid a recession, with new research from ASFA showing the country's Gross Domestic Product would have been 1.8 per cent lower in June 2008 without the super system. Superannuation has played a vital role in strengthening ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... super fund provided more disclosure on its reports regarding board pay. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at superannuation body ASFA, said that like ICAA, the association has long advocated that super funds look further afield when appointing boards. However ...