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Queenslanders drain super: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... rise from 9.5% to 12% by 2025, with the first 0.5% increase to occur in the middle of next year. "But a noisy mob of Coalition backbench MPs want to take workers' increases away," ISA said. "Ditching the increase would have a dire impact on the savings ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... pushed for the now legislated increase to the super guarantee (SG) to continue full steam ahead, despite pressure from a coalition of backbenchers to freeze or dump the increase in SG to 12%. During a QIC media roundtable, Cbus chief executive David ...

ISA responds to calls for SG freeze

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... of touch", after they called for increases to the super guarantee to be put on ice or scrapped completely. Backbench coalition MPs have called for the legislated increase to the SG to be scrapped or frozen - a move ISA says would see a couple on average ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... the omnibus bill was necessary so that these companies were not allowed to engage in aggressive tax minimisation. "The Coalition Government opposed the amendment, despite Senator Hume not being able to give any policy reason for doing so," Patrick said ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... system - which has seen Australia amass the fourth largest pool of pension savings in the world - has been opposed by the Coalition "from the get-go", and that if there was ever an opportunity to get in the system's way, the Coalition has done so. ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... Global Advisors, Invesco, Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments, pushed for a new taxonomy for ETPs. The "industry coalition" proposed ETPs be separated into four categories; exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), exchange-traded ...

Create coalitions for change: Martin Currie

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The $20 billion equity specialist has called on asset managers to create "coalitions" to drive change; developing constructive relationships with companies for a more sustainable future. Martin Currie chief executive Julian Ide highlighted the value ...

ISA questioned over political donations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean was caught unaware of a $1600 donation made to the Labor party last year after claiming the lobby group does not make political donations. During an urgent hearing of the House of Representatives ...

Government moves to cut work test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... ensuring all Australians have additional flexibility in how they save as they transition to retirement," Hume said. "The Coalition understands the realities of the modern workplace. Work patterns have evolved, and more women are rejoining the workforce ...

Labor stands by super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has called out an "unholy coalition" attacking superannuation. In a speech in Brisbane on Wednesday, Albanese stepped up to bat for the super system, labelling those questioning the legislated rise in the superannuation ...