ASSOCIATION OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Editorial

When the chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Pauline Vamos, last week issued a release clearly aimed at countering adverse rep...

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Superannuation

The amount needed for retirees to fund their post-work lifestyle continues to increase, albeit slowly, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia R...

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Superannuation

The Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Professionals' Association has denied self-managed superannuation funds are being oversold by financial planners and accountants....

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Financial planning

It is important not to take legislation such as the recent round of superannuation reforms to parliament without first forming an industry consensus, according to Ministe...

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Superannuation

Dominant trustees can create issues for SMSFs unless appropriate strategies are put in place....

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Financial planning

ASFA has backed moves by the Government to make directors of 'phoenix' companies personally liable for any unpaid superannuation contributions....

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Editorial

Claudine Siou investigates some superannuation benchmarks that will help ensure clients enjoy a comfortable retirement....

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Policy & Regulation

Superannuation fund trustees have urged the Government to provide more time and certainty for the transition to a Stronger Super and FOFA regime....

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Editorial

The sole purpose test has governed the operations of Australian superannuation funds for nearly two decades but, as Mike Taylor reports, it may require some reinterpretat...

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Financial planning

The Government's recent Stronger Super announcement states it will be phasing out the option to hold 'own occupation' Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance polic...

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Financial planning

ASIC has been told its class order relief on intra-fund advice might have been better used if it had been available to related entities....

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Superannuation

ASFA calls for a graduated approach by the ATO on the basis that not all SMSF trustees are equally active....

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Financial planning

ASFA urges better clarity on FOFA legislation to ensure planners are not exposed to vexatious litigation over scaled advice and best interests....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds should be subject to the same corporate governance requirements as publicly listed companies....

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Editorial

The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...

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