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Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... more affordable housing becomes available. Instead, increasing the supply of affordable housing specifically is required. ISA works in close collaboration with the national community housing sector to develop strategic thinking aimed at increasing home ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... superannuation is paid. In the 2019-20 financial year alone, 170,860 women missed out on $216.7 million in super payments, ISA found. Parental leave is one of the only forms of paid leave where there is no requirement to pay super and the government ...

Family law super reform passes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... to "vagaries" of the federal system. The exposure draft legislation was later released in June. Industry Super Australia (ISA) welcomed the leglisation and said it will help women get their fair share of superannuation assets when a relationship breaks ...

Maritime Super dumps ISA membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... Maritime Super confirmed the decision will save the fund's 24,000 members about $350,000 a year. Commenting on the move, ISA chair Greg Combet said: "Maritime Super was at the forefront of establishing super for working people as far back as 1967 ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... the government pushed the administration fees included in the test from eight years' average to just one year. On Wednesday, ISA said the move means 13 out of the 20 biggest benefactors of admin fee change are retail funds. Three are industry funds (Prime ...

APRA issues guidance on lifecycle products for performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... test, and softer wording in letters that failing funds must send to their members, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA).

Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... test, and softer wording in letters that failing funds must send to their members, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). The bill passed the Parliament on June 17, with the first set of legislation coming into effect on July 1. APRA recently said ...

SG rise to benefit 6.7m Australians: ISA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... million workers, with the younger and lower-income Australians to benefit the most, according to Industry Super Australia. ISA says the average worker will contribute $233 a year extra to their retirement savings from the 0.5% increase in SG, with the ...

Industry mixed on YFYS

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... address underperformance and called for underperforming funds to be removed before any stapling began. Industry Super Australia (ISA) agreed with the AIST and said the reforms will staple members into products that may fail the performance test. "At ...

More super tax concessions on table

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... controversial piece of super legislation is to be debated this week - the Your Future, Your Super reforms. Industry Super Australia (ISA) today reiterated its concerns that the new laws could trap Australians in poor performing super products through ...