ASFA

Superannuation

Concern over superannuation and self-employed

ASFA wants more scrutiny directed towards the self-employed and their lack of superannuation....

Superannuation

Calls for standard label definitions in superannuation

Two years after APRA advocated better guidance on the appropriate risk levels for investment options within superannuation, concerns have been raised that the industry ha...

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation tax concession costs 'grossly overestimated'

The cost of further superannuation tax concessions is inaccurate and based on outdated data, according to new ASFA research....

Financial planning

Cost of retirement holds steady

The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....

Superannuation

Cost of retirement holds steady

The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....

Policy & Regulation

Material differences between FOFA policy and delivery

ASFA has pointed to "material differences" between what the Government has promised on FOFA and what is contained in its draft legislation....

Superannuation

ASFA wants longer implementation on MySuper

ASFA is arguing that superannuation funds need more time to accommodate the changes flowing from MySuper....

Policy & Regulation

Get FOFA started in 2012: ASFA

ASFA does not support further delays to the implementation of the FOFA reforms while a regulatory impact study is completed....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA amendments needed on scaled advice

Amendments are needed to the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation to enable financial advisers to appropriately deliver scaled advice, according to ...

Superannuation

Proposed MySuper regime may prompt short-termism

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia urges changes to the MySuper regime, warning existing proposals may prompt trustees to pursue short-term outcomes....

Financial planning

ASFA concerned about director remuneration models

The remuneration of superannuation fund directors should be publicly disclosed, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia....

Financial planning

ASFA concerned about director remuneration models

The remuneration of superannuation fund directors should be publicly disclosed, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA cannot be separated from MySuper

The PJC has been warned that the availability of intra-fund financial advice makes it crucial the FOFA bills are viewed in the same context as MySuper....