Masterclass
Bookings are now open
We will be hosting three important masterclasses on the first day of the ASFA Conference at the GCCEC on Tuesday, 11 November from 2:00pm – 5:00pm. These stand-alone sessions are open to all delegates, but places are limited.
Led by industry experts, each face-to-face workshop will focus on a current pressing issue to help leaders and managers fine-tune strategies to improve operations and member outcomes.
The masterclasses are complimentary for ASFA Conference delegates. If you are not yet a Conference delegate, register today.
Details
GCCEC
Tuesday 11 November 2025
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Complimentary for ASFA Conference delegates. Pre-bookings are essential. Places are limited.
MASTERCLASS ONE
Spend it wisely: Promoting members’ best financial interests
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To join the waitlist, contact us at: conference@superannuation.asn.au
Superannuation trustees face the challenge of ensuring all expenditure promotes the best financial interests of members, while also supporting efficient business operations. With APRA intensifying its scrutiny (including recent letters to trustees), the expectation is clear that trustees develop comprehensive end-to-end expenditure management frameworks.
This important masterclass will provide practical guidance on implementing and enhancing expenditure frameworks to meet the requirements of the best financial interest duty.
Building on ASFA Guidance developed by the Best Financial Interests Working Group, industry research, and real-world case experience, it will equip you with the tools to strengthen expenditure frameworks, align with SPS 515, meet regulatory expectations, and avoid common pitfalls.
Learning Objectives
By attending this masterclass, participants will be able to:
- explain the connection between expenditure decisions and members’ best financial interests.
- apply practical tools and strategies to align expenditure management with regulatory obligations and member expectations
- recognise common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- implement frameworks that enhance transparency and accountability in expenditure processes.
Audience
Fund staff only: Trustees and directors, Fund executives, COOs, CFO’s, compliance and risk professionals, those who support the board/trustee function.
Our Speakers
MASTERCLASS TWO
Operational readiness for Payday Super & SuperStream
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To join the waitlist, contact us at: conference@superannuation.asn.au
This masterclass is designed to help superannuation funds get ready for the move to Payday Super, ensure compliance with SuperStream Contribution Standard v3.0, and prepare for related changes reshaping contribution processes. It will provide practical insights into the changes, and what they mean for fund operations, technology, compliance, as well as working with employers and members.
Importantly, the masterclass will also situate Payday Super and SuperStream as part of the broader data ecosystem. These reforms are part of a wider shift in how data flows across the superannuation environment, impacting funds, employers, regulators, service providers, and ultimately members. Participants will explore how these changes fit into the broader environment, what the ATO is seeking to achieve in shaping the ecosystem, and what this means for future readiness.
Participants will leave with practical knowledge and tools to guide their organisations through the transition, meet regulatory requirements and expectations, and anticipate the next wave of ecosystem change.
Learning Objectives
By attending this masterclass, participants will be able to:
- explain the regulatory drivers and policy intent behind the Payday Super and SuperStream Contribution Standard v3.0 changes
- assess the main impacts on fund operations, compliance, and systems
- identify key risks, challenges, and dependencies in transitioning to more frequent contribution payments
- develop strategies to manage employer relationships, member communications, and trustee oversight
- understand the broader data ecosystem impacts – how Payday Super and SuperStream interact with other data reforms, and the wider environmental changes funds need to prepare for
- articulate the drivers for change, the intended outcomes and benefits, and where the ATO is seeking to take the ecosystem
- map out a clear action plan that follows ATO guidance and industry best practice
Audience
Fund executives, COOs, senior operations and administration leaders, compliance and risk teams, heads of member services, technology leads, and administration service providers.
Our Speakers
MASTERCLASS THREE
Designing and implementing risk scenarios: lessons from the UK’s CMORG
An interactive Masterclass with Laura Catterick, Director of Resilience & Cyber at UK Finance, sharing insights from the Cross Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG). This cross–industry initiative brings together regulators, funds, and service providers to strengthen cyber and third–party risk management, information security, and operational resilience.
Laura will guide participants through designing and testing effective risk scenarios, drawing on CMORG’s highly successful UK risk scenario library. The session includes a live scenario exercise and explores how organisations can adapt scenarios to their own needs.
Delegates will leave with practical tools to identify risks, design robust solutions, and build stronger resilience across their organisation and the wider superannuation sector.
Learning Objectives
By attending this Masterclass, participants will be able to:
• gain insights from CMORG on cross–industry approaches to cyber, third–party and operational resilience risks
• learn how to design, test and adapt effective risk scenarios for their own organisation
• experience a live scenario exercise to strengthen decision–making and response capabilities
• identify strategies to build stronger organisational and sector–wide resilience
Audience
Trustees and directors, Fund executives, COOs, CIO’s, CISO’s, CRO’s, compliance and risk professionals, those who support the board/trustee function.
