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Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... landscape, populated increasingly with smaller players." Peters' comments echo those of new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy, who warned at the 2016 ASFA Conference that the superannuation industry is "next ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... protected, and that system competitiveness and efficiency cannot be properly assessed," she said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Dr Martin Fahy applauded ASIC for adopting a reasonable approach to compliance timelines ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... providing retirement income. The Commission's focus is on the whole system," MacRae said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the proposed framework, saying it will be difficult for the Commission to draw meaningful ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... this at their peril, according to Telesign chief executive Aled Miles. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, Miles discussed the client analytics Telesign produces in addition to its primary function as a provider ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... operations and outcomes are actually effective. Cbus chief executive, David Atkin, told the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference that Cbus will embed the RRI in to the fund as a core key performance indicator. "The score card ...

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... super system should deliver the "next generation of superannuation." Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference, Loane said she meant this both figuratively and literally; that the system needed to be updated to ...

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... importance of "balancing the offering of insurance inside superannuation" in her speech at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. She noted that there is a lot of confusion about how this part of the industry works, especially ...

ASFA board changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has renewed its board of directors and announced three lifetime memberships. The board composition was revealed following ASFA's annual general meeting at the 2016 ASFA Conference on the Gold Coast. ...

Digital advice as commonplace as internet banking

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... director, strategy and innovation Jan Kolbusz. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference on the Gold Coast, Kolbusz said banks and super funds are uniquely placed to capitalise on digital advice ...

Super execs: Size is not scale

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... superannuation funds, leading management consultants and super executives have told the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia annual conference. TRIA Investment Partners' Oliver Hesketh said size is not everything, neither is scale. But ...