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Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... barriers to superannuation fund investment in Australian agriculture. In its submission to the inquiry, Industry Super Australia cites absences of strategic national policy and private operators building global businesses, and the presence of successful ...

Unpaid super reaches $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Industry Super Australia is lobbying the Federal Government to improve proposed laws that further address unpaid superannuation, a figure estimated to be about $5.9 billion as at 2015-16. Speaking to a Senate committee hearing in Canberra on Friday ...

Industry Super Australia names new CEO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Industry Super Australia has named its new chief executive, succeeding David Whiteley. Currently chief operating officer, Bernie Dean has been promoted to lead ISA when Whiteley departs in September. Dean joined ISA in 2013 as director of marketing ...

Agriculture investment under parliament microscope

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... assets would ensure an increase in investment if additional agriculture sector listings occurred. An Industry Super Australia 2017 discussion paper further investigated the lack of investment, and made a series of suggestions aimed at "moving agricultural ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... climate change-related risk could materially translate to financial risk if it's overlooked. According to Industry Super Australia, the agriculture industry has attracted more than $1.6 billion from superannuation funds, and caught the eye of major Canadian ...

Industry Super Australia chief executive resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
The chief executive of Industry Super Australia is resigning after 12 years to take on a new role at a global fund manager. David Whiteley is expected to take up a new global position at IFM Investors in September. Before ISA, he was a director at HESTA ...

AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... delivers an effective dispute resolution service. The authority has not gone without criticism, with Industry Super Australia and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees using their submission to parliament to argument that a single body ...

Government superannuation reforms shelved

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... find support among One Nation, the Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch. The decision was welcomed by Industry Super Australia, who last week called on the Government to withdraw the bills, describing them as motivated by the commercial interest of the ...

Government superannuation bills will stand despite Royal Commission: O'Dwyer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... increased transparency and accountability in the sector. One can only wonder why." In a statement yesterday, Industry Super Australia chair Peter Collins called on the Government to withdraw its superannuation bills, describing them as motivated by the ...

Industry funds must renew aged care investment focus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... more involvement from industry superannuation funds in the aged care sector. At a roundtable hosted by Industry Super Australia and over 50s consumer group Council on the Ageing (COTA Australia), super fund executives discussed how the $2 trillion superannuation ...