Outsider found himself in Brisbane in mid-March attending that long-running industry funds event – the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds – but it was not the indus...
The Federal Treasury has been told that any industry funding model for ASIC should entail a requirement for the regulator to refund money to licensees....
The superannuation industry is in danger of being strangled by regulatory over-reach, according to the independent chairman of the Association of Superannuation Funds, Mi...
The former Treasurer and now chairman of the Future Fund, Peter Costello is off the mark in suggesting the Future Fund should run superannuation in Australia with many s...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has cautioned against extending the so-called regulatory sandbox towards superannuation and holistic advice....
Women now account for 38.7 per cent of super account balances, compared to 23 per cent in 1994, according to ASFA....
Mike Taylor writes that while other options may exist, annuitisation has become the preferred foundation for the development of Government approved retirement income prod...
Value for money in superannuation funds is often in the eye of the consumer and should not be second-guessed by the regulators, according to the Association of Superannua...
ASFA has found that while receiving an insurance payout is not a rare event under insurance costs the government more than $1 billion annually....
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released a discussion paper outlining the impacts of the ‘gig economy’ for employers’ superannuation....
Superannuation fund trustees should not be subject to the same penalties that apply to directors of Managed Investment Schemes and should be allowed lee-way for ‘honest m...
Mike Taylor writes that a broad cross-section of the financial services industry has voiced its concerns about a compensation scheme of last resort but few appear to be l...
Former ASFA chief executive, Pauline Vamos, has been appointed as CEO of ESG research firm, Regnan....
Aussies will need to boost their super savings if they do not want to ditch their pets at retirement, according to ASFA....
An estimated 63 per cent of the 3.1 million LISTO beneficiaries will be women, according to ASFA....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...