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Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... Review on Retail Life Insurance Advice has been released. Initiated by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), it was designed as an independent review following the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... to growth assets are likely to help retirees make their superannuation last longer, according to modelling by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). The report found that retirees with a traditional ...

New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched a new course designed to raise the level of knowledge of advisers and product issuers when it comes to post-retirement. The course will help financial advisers and funds respond ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) recognised Australia's top insurers and life risk products at a black tie event in Sydney last night. TAL received the overall Platinum Award and the Trauma award, and was a finalist ...

Punitive excess contributions tax removed

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... taxpayers to refund excess non-concessional contributions, removing the overly punitive outcomes," she said. "The Association has advocated for this treatment of excess non-concessional contributions for many years and is pleased to see the Government ...

Hockey contemplates first home buyer access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... need to look at how we can make superannuation more flexible to cope with the ins and outs from a working life." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) called for caution in response to Hockey's comments: "policies that merely increase ...

Tasplan Super chief executive to stand down

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... wishing him all the best." Cassidy is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia as well as the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees.

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), said in a statement released by the association that the move could have a "chilling" effect at call centres that provide information and general advice to fund members and ...

Details of new SMSF accreditation revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... accreditation that would allow them to set themselves apart without needing to be able to quote chapter and verse," said the association's head of education services Liz Ward. The course, which is being piloted now, is available to all SMSF Association ...

Women in Super launches executive education scholarships

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... scholarships were announced at the Women in Super lunch in Sydney last week where Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), was the guest speaker. To enquire about the scholarships, go to www.women ...