ASSOCIATION OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS OF AUSTRALIA

Funds management

The chairman of Vanguard, Bill McNabb has cautioned Australian funds against resisting transparency with respect to costs and performance....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has accommodated the wishes of industry funds by extending the so-called “superannuation outcomes test” to choice products, most of which reside wi...

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Superannuation

The chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Dr Martin Fahey has argued that there are good reasons for ‘for profit’ superannuation funds ...

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Superannuation

The Government has agreed to make an exception of young and low balance superannuation fund members working in high-risk occupations from its opt-in legislation....

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that the Labor Party’s proposal to abolish refundable franking credits needs to take into account the bedd...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has joined the dissent against the Grattan Institute’s retirement report, labelling it “an unprecedented attack on th...

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Superannuation

ASFA is encouraging the Government to consider expanding access to the exemption from the contributions work test to individuals with a total superannuation balance under...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has hit out at the Grattan Institute over its latest superannuation policy paper for offering proposals that “condemn...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has been urged to give its 2016 Budget super tax changes time to work or risk making Australian retirees significantly worse off....

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has called for legislative reform to ensure shifts in the economy would not unruly impact retirement planning....

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Superannuation

A new survey has revealed how super fund executives and trustees were keen for a Royal Commission into banking and financial services but less keen for it to scrutinise s...

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Policy & Regulation

If financial services companies have to help fund the Australian Securities and Investments Commission they want proof that they are getting value for money....

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