ASFA

Superannuation

Energy costs are on the rise, according to figures from ASFA, and retiree budgets in Victoria are suffering....

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Superannuation

ASFA calls for sole purpose test to be strictly applied to SMSFs in light of property spruikers. ...

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Superannuation

The requirement to hold an AFSL when providing advice should extend to SMSF property spruikers, says ASFA....

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Policy & Regulation

ATO’s approach to the segregation of pension assets aimed at SMSFs, despite implications for large APRA-regulated funds....

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Superannuation

Mercer proposes unused contributions should be credited to following years to boost voluntary super investments....

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Editorial

Just because both the Government and the Federal Opposition have, in their own ways, undertaken not to significantly alter the superannuation settings in a post-election ...

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Superannuation

Professor Sally Wheeler from Queens University, Belfast has argued that structural independence may work against the outcomes it seeks to imbue. ...

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Superannuation

The adoption of lifetime super caps represent a necessary prerequisite for any future Government move to encourage income streams. ...

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Superannuation

ASFA’s latest data shows increasing costs in some areas have been offset by cheaper costs in other areas, leading to a modest increase in the cost of funding retirement. ...

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Superannuation

ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos says there are too many organisations representing super and it’s time to blow it up and start from scratch....

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Editorial

There were some raised eyebrows when Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden announced his organisation would be developing policy with the Industry Super...

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Financial planning

ASFA chief Pauline Vamos urges Commonwealth departments and agencies to continue working on the implementation issues around financial services legislation despite the Go...

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Superannuation

SMSF representative bodies will be included in a forum being convened in an effort to create a common approach to superannuation policy in Australia. ...

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Superannuation

ASFA warns that narrow rules around three working day rollovers could have negative impacts....

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Superannuation

Australia should emulate France in introducing a "floating retirement age", according to the Combined Superannuants and Pensioners Association. ...

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