SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Financial planning

70 per cent of Australian workers will receive a positive return on their superannuation funds for the 2002/03 financial year according to the Association of Superannuati...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia will make a series of recommendations to industry regulators and the Federal Government on a standard level of disclo...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have called for a greater industry effort to b...

Financial planning

Growth-orientated superannuation funds look set to deliver consecutive negative financial year returns for the first time in three decades according to InTech....

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has done an about face, welcoming Senator Helen Coonan’s reassurance of the Federal Government’s commitment to...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will be undertaking a significant review of AMP’s proposal to de-merge its operations in Australia and the UK prior ...

Financial planning

The privacy of clients within superannuation funds is under threat as trustees of super funds will be legally forced to share confidential information regarding clients’ ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) yesterday welcomed the Federal Government’s renewed commitment of introducing its superannuation choice and portability policies....

Funds management

Hedge Funds of Australia managing director Spencer Young has hit back at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) over concerns voiced by the regulator last ...

Financial planning

Australia’s peak industry body for the superannuation industry, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), has warned the Government that any increased ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has rebuffed calls by the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) for superannuation choice legislation to be delayed in the wake of the release of ...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has claimed the superannuation surcharge is now affecting 10 per cent of the workforce each year....

Financial planning

Less than half of all employers expect to offer their employees a choice of superannuation funds in the next one or two years, a new survey has found....

Policy & Regulation

Two of the financial services industry’s most influential lobby groups have joined forces to call on the Government to cut taxes on superannuation contributions in order ...

Financial planning

Australia’s major industry associations have welcomed the Government’s push to give regulators sweeping new powers to police the $520 billion superannuation industry with...

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