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Pay super fortnightly: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... contributions are paid each quarter, instead of alongside their wage payments. Releasing analysis based on ATO data this week, ISA said about 5.8 million Australian workers aged between 20 and 69 lost $225 million because their super contributions - ...

Industry funds wary of stapling default members

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... matter - that each person have one default account and that this account move with them as they move across jobs. Dean says ISA backs the call for only one default per person at any point in time. But it thinks members should be able to choose a new ...

Conflicts of interest recommendation falls short

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... appear to stop short of systemic reforms suggested by some to address conflicts of interest at the heart of most misconduct, ISA said. However, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne did point out in the final report that conflicts of interest arise in both profit-for-member ...

Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... Fund, instead of a top performing industry fund. Announcing research conducted by former Treasury official Phil Gallagher, ISA is adamant that any move to push workers' retirement savings into the Future Fund would result in poorer performance. ISA ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... Pacific chief investment officer and global head of emerging markets, Sean Taylor, thinks differently from AMP Capital and ISA. He expects the RBA's next move will be a hike, coming later in the year. "While the labour market continues to be strong ...

Industry Super Australia forecasts a rate cut

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Industry Super Australia's chief economist said the RBA's next move on the cash rate could be downwards. ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said it is likely the Reserve Bank of Australia could shave 25 basis points off the 1.5% cash rate in the fourth ...

Government needs to rethink CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... would like more relevant and simpler information to help them find and compare products and, if necessary, switch," it said. ISA responds In an emailed response, an Industry Super Australia spokesperson said that it supports the reassessment of the CIPRs ...

Platform fee disclosures overlooked: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... but pointed out that several areas fell short and failed to address ongoing issues. In response to Consultation Paper 308, ISA said one of Darren McShane's key recommendations to force banks and wealth managers to disclose costs relating to underlying ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Major industry associations collectively agree that the Productivity Commission's final report reaffirms the strength of superannuation, but member advocates say the findings are wake up call to fix a broken system. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland ...

Labor pledges tougher unpaid super penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... compliant. He cites Industry Super Australia figures, which calculate $5.9 billion of super was not paid to employees in FY2015-16. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said enshrining super in the NES will provide new legal avenues to recoup unpaid super ...