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Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... that has delivered these results," she said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Martin Fahy said: "The proposal to allocate default superannuation to 10 so called 'best-in-show' funds would dramatically change ...

Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia also issued a statement on the changes. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said insurance within super is "one of the most cost and tax effective options to provide protection, particularly for the young ...

Govt reforms can tackle super gender gap: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... well below the $545,000 needed for an individual to achieve a comfortable retirement, ASFA said. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said it is important to take steps to close the gap, to ensure women are not condemned to experience poverty and even homelessness ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... "This is just another contrived assault by Grattan on our world leading superannuation system," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said..

Super fund redesigns insurance offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... believes in a single government-backed code administering the industry. Recent comments from ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy backed the voluntary code, stating: "In some instances, the code has higher standards in place than those proposed in the PJC ...

PJC doubts life insurance industry can self-regulate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... included in the FSC Life Insurance Code of Practice or will be adopted in the second iteration. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy also said many of the PJC's recommendations are addressed in the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice. ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... disability premiums, albeit for balances less than $6000. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy is pleased with the code's progress but is cognisant of polarising feedback: 'It's not as far as we'd like it to go,' ...

Successful implementation of super code critical

STEPHEN FAY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... pressure will prove sufficient to drive results. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy also expressed confidence in adoption of the code leading to better outcomes for members. Fahy said he supports the "constructive ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... superannuation system, at a time when we want to encourage more people to be self-funded in retirement," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. At face value, the proposal would impact mum and dad investors both through their super and the shares they ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... reduce and unlikely materially close the relative gender gap in retirement incomes, it said. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said the paper adopted a "fatalistic view" of the future earnings of women and low paid workers and "condemned" them to poverty ...