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Opposition’s first-home buyer policy ‘not a super idea’

The Coalition has pledged to give young Australians access to up to $50,000 in their retirement savings to get a toehold in the housing market. Super funds say it will only further inflate property prices.

Nicholas Way | 28th Mar 2025 | More
ASFA’s new chief: Associations vital for funds ‘drinking from a firehose of reform’

New ASFA head Mary Delahunty says the association will collaborate with other industry bodies and leverage its large operational knowledge base to create more value for the mix of retail and industry funds and service providers that make up its membership. But how many voices does super need?

Lachlan Maddock | 14th Feb 2024 | More
YFYS, policy still holding transition finance back: ASFA

Super funds want to put their $300 billion of annual inflows to work in new renewable energy infrastructure. But policy settings, Your Future Your Super and intensifying competition for local assets could all have unforeseen consequences.

Lachlan Maddock | 30th Nov 2023 | More
  • ASFA gets a new (acting) chief

    The association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is still on the hunt for a chief executive to replace Martin Fahy, but has turned to the former CEO of Spirit Super to shoulder the load in the meantime.

    Staff Writer | 4th Oct 2023 | More
    Fahy leaves ASFA after a good innings

    Martin Fahy has stepped down as CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) after seven years at the helm where he played a “pivotal role” in addressing the policy and regulatory changes of the period.

    Lachlan Maddock | 26th May 2023 | More
    ‘Harm is part of investing’: Portfolios are robust, not resilient

    Investors say they want to build resilient portfolios but all they’re doing is making them robust. And that’s not enough to come back better from a downturn.

    Lachlan Maddock | 1st Mar 2023 | More
  • ‘Focus on the big game’ to stay competitive

    Traditional portfolio construction might be dead. But that doesn’t mean there’s no way to beat inflation, even as investors anticipate it will continue to rise and fall over the next decade.

    Lachlan Maddock | 24th Feb 2023 | More
    ‘Bring it on’: Trustees on nation-building

    Super fund trustees are throwing their full weight behind nation building projects where they feel their funds can get a competitive return, while the Coalition’s competing super for housing policy has been labelled “elitist”.

    Lachlan Maddock | 24th Feb 2023 | More
  • Coalition finds its footing in the super wars

    The Coalition wants to take the upper hand in the often emotional superannuation wars. Nation building and the new objective of super give it the perfect opportunity.

    Lachlan Maddock | 24th Feb 2023 | More
    ‘Your entire philosophy is self-survival’: Three ways forward for investors

    ASFA’s 2023 conference began with a pessimistic but realistic view of what investors can expect. They either need to build more resilient portfolios, trade more or “nail their colours to the mast and sail”.

    Lachlan Maddock | 22nd Feb 2023 | More
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