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SMSF Association appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... departments and ministers. "Cath has focused on change management, particularly in the area of regulatory change, and the association's board believes this skill set will prove particularly relevant considering the number of inquiries involving the superannuation ...

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... It is a potential solution to raising the extra $130,000 A needed for a comfortable retirement as suggested by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) earlier this week. Club Plus Super chief executive, Paul Cahill, said tax refunds ...

Australians need another $130,000 for retirement: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
The idea you will need $1 million in retirement appears to be further busted after the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released its latest retirement standard. However the updated ASFA figure suggests Australian's will need to ...

ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the timeframe for approving transition plans to have at least one-third independent directors on super fund boards. In a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... Dr. Michael Easson, chair of Icon Water, Actew AGL and EG Funds Management, will replace Jim Minto as chair of The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. BetaShares appoints CIO - BetaShares portfolio manager Louis Crous has been promoted ...

Extend compulsory super to self-employed: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Australia's labour force is self-employed and compulsory superannuation should include at least some of them, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said. "Only a relatively small number of the self-employed have business assets ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... corporation without a rational or compelling basis, and will undermine the representative trustee system." However, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) endorsed the government's proposal of having one third of independent ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed its first independent chair following Jim Minto's decision to retire from the role and as a director on 30 July. Minto was appointed chair in November 2013, and has been an ASFA ...

SMSF Association launches accreditation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... accountants, lawyers, auditors or other service providers in the SMSF space. The program can be a stepping stone to the association's already existing SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) accreditation. The SSP program begins on August 10 and will have a practical ...

Member engagement a danger to super savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... said. Wills said that the problem is "when you get to 67 you don't tend to be disengaged." Quoting a study by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) on super fund member behaviour during the global financial crisis, he said, "in ...