ASFA
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...
Insurance
The Federal Government has been urged to drop the minimum age for automatic insurance cover inside superannuation to 21, rather than age 25....
Insurance
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has told the Royal Commission that if the Government wants the insurance inside superannuation code to be mandatory i...
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that super members shouldn’t panic over last week’s share market falls, as they stand to lose from swappin...
Superannuation
Major superannuation funds have expressed concern at having to retain at least 0.25 per cent of their funds under management to meet operational risk financial requiremen...
Superannuation
The Government has released draft legislation to exempt some older Australians with low super balances from the work test. ...
People and Products
QSuper chief investment officer, Brad Holzberger, today announced his intention to retire at the end of September 2019, with the fund commencing a global search for his r...
Post retirement
Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has reconfirmed that there is still a “significant disparity” between retirement incomes for men and wo...
Superannuation
As the world approaches the 10-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, ASFA finds that the diversified nature if super funds have stood members in good stead....
Superannuation
Australian super funds are staying competitive with world-class investment returns, with the average super fund outperforming the Future Fund after adjustments over the l...
Features and Analysis
The amount of income needed in retirement is both varied and hard to reach. But, as Hannah Wootton finds, there are choices in both structures and investments that provid...
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has urged the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to ensure superannuation funds are not cross-subsidising othe...
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...