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Tasplan endorses industry fund campaign

... external shareholders or agents, brokers or financial planners. Industry body, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has consistently warned about the impact of high fees on retirement outcomes. "It is difficult to justify or defend ...

Super budget for funds management

... lead to more adequate retirement incomes for a large number of people," Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) director of policy Michaela Anderson says. IFSA also welcomed the surcharge cut which was part of its budget submission. "Australians ...

Super industry upbeat on budget

... further reduce or even abolish the hugely unpopular super surcharge," the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) director of policy and research Michaela Anderson says. In its 2002/2003 budget the government announced plans to reduce ...

ASFA foreshadows a super friendly budget

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has indicated the 2005 budget to be handed down on 10 May could contain several positive superannuation initiatives for consumers. The abolition of the superannuation surcharge is one of the ...

Choice of fund onus lies with consumer

... leaving the rest of the of the investment industry as bit players once choice of fund regime comes into effect. Speaking at the ASFA lunch attended by 250 industry practitioners JANA Investment Advisors executive director David Holston outlined how the ...

SwimEC off to flying start

... payments and information as easily as they do with Internet banking. "It's a simple as making a net payment," Gilbert says. ASFA chief executive officer Philippa Smith said the new standards were about increasing efficiency in the industry and had the ...

ASFA provides choice of fund assistance for employers

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has prepared a series of fact sheets to help demystify the introduction of choice of fund legislation and guide employers through the choice process. The fact sheets number 13 in total and ...

Corporate Super faces outsourcing bottlenecks

... two years. If only 200 of those funds outsource simultaneously the industry will be stretched. According to industry body, ASFA, corporate funds with combined assets totalling about $17 billion will outsource to master trusts or industry funds over the ...

7.5% of super assets likely to move due to choice

A report released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has estimated 7.5 per cent of superannuation assets are set to move after the introduction of the choice of fund legislation. The report, called 'Implications of choice ...

Offshore allocation predicted to increase

... superannuation funds under management continue to grow pressure keeps building to source investment opportunities. By 2010 ASFA predicts the total superannuation pool will be $931 billion growing to $1.2 trillion by 2015. Franklin Templeton Investment' ...