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Early super release scheme a mistake: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has warned against repeating the early release of super scheme that gave unrestricted access to retirement savings. The early release of super scheme allowed individuals to withdraw up to $20,000 of their retirement savings ...

Super fund reaches dispute settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
An ASX-listed manufacturing company has settled with an industry superannuation fund over cancelled plans for a metal powders plant. Amaero International reached a settlement with MTAA Super - now Spirit Super - over a dispute regarding the lease of ...

Gender super balance parity four decades away: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... to the male median of $210,800 and it'll take at least 40 years for it to change, according to new analysis by Industry Super Australia (ISA). ISA's report states that in all states and territories down under, women's super balances lags behind men ...

Spirit Super negotiates premium drop

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
The industry super fund has negotiated a new three-year rate guarantee with its group insurer MetLife, resulting in an almost 25% decrease to some premiums. Members will save about $51 million over the life of the agreement, Spirit Super said. Fees ...

Industry super defies turbulent markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Industry super defied the odds by growing its asset pool by 14% at the end of 2022 while other sectors contracted. According to APRA's latest statistics, industry super fund assets reported double-digit growth to reach $1.1 trillion compared to the ...

Commonwealth Super Corp hires former MTAA investments lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... of MTAA Super's investment function. He departed the $13 billion fund that serves the motor trades after the industry super fund merged with Tasplan to become Spirit Super on 1 April 2021. Ross Barry was subsequently named chief investment officer ...

ISA renews calls for super to be paid with wages

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... will drastically reduce unpaid super and give four million plus workers better investment returns, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). In its pre-budget submission, ISA said that the "outdated law" is the key reason workers have been underpaid ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Amid a year of economic turbulence and soaring inflation, Financial Standard's most read stories reveal attention was once again focused on the evolving superannuation sector. The worst performing super products and funds underscore the majority ...

Mine Super and TWUSUPER explore merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... said the two funds share a strong heritage of "member first values" as historically important profit to member industry super funds. "Mine Super and TWUSUPER share the vision of creating a sustainable fund which protects and promotes the interests of ...

Rest names new independent chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
Rest chair Ken Marshman will step down at the end of the year, to be replaced by a former Victorian government minister. Marshman has been on the Rest board since December 2017 when he joined as an independent director. In July 2014, he became independent ...