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Melinda Howes bids farewell to BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... and services at AMP and director of policy and industry practices for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Howes also now sits on the board of ASFA, having joined in 2017. Discussing her decision to re-join BT in a 2019 FS Super ...

Super funds handed holdings disclosure win

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... know precisely where to pitch their bids." ISA said this would have robbed funds of the chance to sell assets at a premium. "ASFA has advocated that the holding valuation of unlisted assets should be disclosed as a range or bundled with similar assets ...

Supply chain issues push up retiree expenses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... shows. Couples aged 65 need $63,799 per year and singles need $45,239 per year to live a comfortable retirement, according to ASFA. Several price hikes are eating away at retirees' savings, driven by global supply chain bottlenecks that is putting inflationary ...

ASFA urges net zero 2050 targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... investors so that their views and concerns about the actions or direction of the business they are invested in are known. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said that it is important to note that the way superannuation funds meet their net zero emissions ...

Channel Capital hires from Dimensional

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... Channel Capital." Lyons is an active member of the CFA Professional Learning Committee and was previously the chair of the ASFA Emerging Leaders Committee for Victoria. His appointment follows that of Sam Mirls, who recently joined Channel as a distribution ...

Family law super reform passes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... support the implementation of any mechanism that assists parties to be able to split their super more easily and fairly," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Women in Super, HESTA and Women's Legal ...

Why are YFYS test scores a secret?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... to run this again next year and what we could do differently," she said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which has defended the long-term performance of some failing funds, has also questioned why APRA did not provide the transparency ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... results, were made earlier this month. APRA notified failing funds yesterday, before publishing the results more widely today. ASFA responds, advises consumer caution Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Martin Fahy ...

Cost of retirement increases

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
According to the latest figures from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) the cost of retiring increased in the June quarter. The ASFA Retirement Standard June quarter 2021 figures indicate that couples aged around 65 living a ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... the Australian share market and would exacerbate the very issues which are the apparent cause of concern for this Inquiry," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. "Moreover, the industry is still in the process of implementing the latest round of major ...