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ASFA releases standardised fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
The Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) has released standardised data forms for super funds to use if they need help providing performance data to research agencies. "The aim of standardising the investment reporting format is to allow super ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... for up-to-date super fund performance and asset allocation data has prompted the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) to develop standardised data forms for super funds akin to what has been used by the retail managed funds industry for decades. ...

Members should update binding beneficiaries: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... of insurance for super funds and also the prime weakness of group insurance, the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) is appealing for fund members to nominate binding beneficiaries. In response to rising trustee concerns on the topic, especially ...

ALP Govt will boost personal contributions: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... future plan for the industry and for investors. Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan told an Australian Super Funds Association Sydney (ASFA) luncheon yesterday that the ALP intends to make superannuation a top priority issue, reduce disclosure overload for investors ...

FPA checklist to guide members on super switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... (ASIC), the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) before finalizing the checklist. "This is a good example of industry associations working together, in hand with the regulator ...

Smith to depart ASFA

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... Philippa Smith has announced her resignation as chief executive officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Smith has been at the helm of ASFA for the past nine years. "I am immensely proud of what I and the team at ASFA have ...

Mutiple super costs $315m: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates that the total cost of unnecessary and duplicate superannuation accounts is $315 million per year, a fraction of the $2 billion figure by consumer group CHOICE. The findings were ...

IMCA annoints new chair

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... Lorraine Berends, principal of Marvin & Palmer Associates and director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), has been elected chair of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) Australia. Berends has been a director ...

ASFA targets extra super contributions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Federal Government to introduce 'soft compulsion' opt-out arrangements for additional employee super contributions and to make co-contribution benefits more readily available ...

PE investments - trustees must understand the risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... Commission (APRA). Ross Jones, APRA deputy chairman told the recent conference of the Australian Super Funds Association (ASFA) that, "In a more competitive superannuation environment, some funds will seek to enhance investment returns in new ways." ...