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Associations not sold on PC draft report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... our default system while ignoring the elephant in the room, which is the dismal performance of sales-driven retail funds," ISA chief executive David Whiteley said. "Hundreds of billions of dollars in savings for millions of Australians are in underperforming ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... could reduce retirement savings and drive up housing prices while doing nothing to address supply. It's simply bad policy," ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said. FSC chief officer Sally Loane was quick to remind members of the objective of superannuation ...

Proactive group releases life insurance guidance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Financial Services Council (FSC), the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) and Industry Super Australia (ISA), the group released Guidance Note 33 - Best practice for Group Insurance Data. At a granular level, the guidance note ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... idea is bad policy as it could reduce retirement savings and drive up housing prices while doing nothing to address supply. ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said: "In the housing affordability debate, the focus should be on land release, regulation ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... in the SMSF sector is a result of members having low levels of financial literacy. Citing a 2016 working paper from CIFR, ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said the 5.5% increase in SMSF membership in 2015 was attributable to members "having low financial ...

Fraser review challenges super board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, slammed both the Fraser review and the AIST's governance code. "I am pleased that ISA and AIST have finally conceded to the release of Fraser's report, but it is a shame it has been exposed for what it always ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... amidst a Senate inquiry in Melbourne over chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. Industry Super Australia (ISA) accused that the ATO of inaction against rogue employers who were holding back superannuation entitlements, claiming that ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. At a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today, Industry Super Australia (ISA) stated the ATO's lack of action will mean workers will retire with tens of thousands of dollars less than they should. "It ...

Industry funds lead Labor's super inquiry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... of their superannuation entitlements. Using Australian Taxation Office and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Cbus and ISA estimate rogue employers are dodging compulsory superannuation payments to the tune of $3.6 billion a year. This equates to ...

SuperConcepts and DomaCom align

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
SuperConcepts' low-cost SMSF administration service iSaver is adding DomaCom's property fund to its platform. The partnership makes it easier for SMSF trustees and their advisers to access property investments. The fractional nature of the DomaCom fund ...