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Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... people to use their wealth in retirement and in support of aged care costs. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the taskforce's recommendations are fair and equitable, adding it is relieved part of peoples' superannuation ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... consider how other jurisdictions support workers. Recent statistics from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) show women who are unable to continue working during menopause and are forced to retire around five years prematurely ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... super balance in retirement. In responding to the government's announcement, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty said: "For too long, women have retired with significantly fewer savings on average ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... for males and $158,806 for females, according to November 2023 data from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. The initiative is part of the government's new national strategy for gender equality, Working for Women, and will be factored ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has reported a sharp decline in group insurance coverage, pointing the finger at recent reforms. ASFA research indicates that the implementation of the Protecting Your Super (PYS) and Putting ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... Australia (ISFA), and Mercer. She has also served as a non-executive director at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Financy, Colonial First State, and the Sydney Financial Forum. "Bloch is an experienced leader in financial ...

Industry leaders celebrate Australia Day honours

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... superannuation and asset management assurance division since 2021. She is currently an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia member for its Super System Design Policy Council. Super Rewards co-founder and chief executive Pascale Helyar-Moray ...

Treasury releases climate disclosure draft legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... following extensive consultation with industry, investors, academics and regulators." Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) acting chief executive Leeanne Turner welcomed the publication of the draft legislation. "ASFA supports the ...

SMSF Association blasts 'highly questionable' ASFA research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
The SMSF Association has ripped apart the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) assertion, which is based on ATO sample data, that less than 1% of SMSFs with balances over $3 million have farm-related income. The government has ...

ASFA appoints Mary Delahunty as chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed Mary Delahunty as its incoming chief executive, set to commence the role in February. Leanne Turner assumed the position temporarily in October following the departure of Martin ...
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