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Salt reveals retirement hotspots

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... be used to pay off a mortgage or fund a better retirement lifestyle." Related story: Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO A study commissioned by industry super fund REST earlier this year showed that Australians are carrying mortgage debt and financial ...

Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy believes the definition of retirement needs to move away from recreation and pursue a higher purpose. The newly-minted leader told a media event in Sydney yesterday that the ...

Super is "next on the menu" for disruption: new ASFA CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
The superannuation industry is at high risk of being disrupted by the fintech sector, new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy has warned. Speaking at the 2016 ASFA Conference, Fahy noted the "challenges" inherent ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... in a defensive portfolio, retirees would have a one in four chance of making their lump sum last until the age of 105. ASFA CEO Pauline Vamos said: "With many Australians expected to live longer in retirement than ever before, managing the risk that ...

Superannuation reforms will affect few: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... superannuation account, with the amount of investment earnings that would be reported to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)," ASFA CEO Pauline Vamos said. With rental yields, interest rates on bonds and term deposits under 5% and dividend yields typically ...

Calls to fast track higher SG: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... enough money to retire on remains a major concern, one that has increased since this survey was conducted last year," said ASFA CEO, Pauline Vamos. Following that trend, 67 per cent of respondents were worried of their super savings running out yet only ...

One-tenth of employees to opt for super choice in just year one: ASFA

... year, with around half of that due to active choice by employees and the rest due to job change or fund closure," said ASFA CEO Philippa Smith. She added that while choice of fund will provide the impetus for account consolidations, the problem of some ...

Minchin weighs in on super tax cut debate

... body, ASFA, who announced plans to push the government on the proposal at their annual conference in October last year. ASFA CEO, Philippa Smith, said that abolishing the super tax was the equivalent of cutting $6 per week from the annual income tax ...

ASFA welcomes government super measures

... that late payments aren't always deliberate or dishonest, and so make it easier for the mistake to be rectified," says ASFA CEO Philippa Smith. Previously employers were obliged to pay an administration charge, plus interest at 10 per cent per annum ...

ASFA provides choice of fund assistance for employers

... super fund they would like to make contributions towards once choice of fund legislation is introduced on 1 July 2005. ASFA CEO Philippa Smith says, "Employers are the gatekeepers to choice so it is important that they are kept well informed. As the ...
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