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Government should super seed low income earners

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... instead make contributions at a point where compounding will deliver the biggest bang for buck," an Industry Super Australia (ISA) statement said. "The benefit is targeted at those in the bottom three income deciles which mostly include those working ...

Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... going away and the industry must communicate that value is the key criteria, not the level of fees. "AIST intends to work with ISA (Industry Super Australia) and Frontier to drive better value for members. We believe that it is an imperative for the ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... not-for-profit super fund sector are expected to grow by 43% over the next four years, research by Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests. Based on a survey of 19 not-for-profit funds, the ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has warned that the government's proposal to remove equal representation in super fund boards "is radical" and constitutes the most significant change to the system since its inception. "There is a real risk that importing ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... boards and see it as an opportunity to add skills and improve governance. Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of Australia's top ten industry funds - UniSuper, VicSuper and First State Super - are keen to implement ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... of evidence that they lead to poor quality sales driven advice which is detrimental to industry super fund members," said ISA director of public affairs Matthew Linden. "While it is laudable that the Assistant Treasurer has sought to make the industry ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... over the next five years after Australia joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair, Peter Collins, said activities of the AIIB will not only provide new opportunities to deploy capital but also export ...

ISA appoints retirement policy adviser

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... incomes and population ageing. He has overseen quantitative analysis of Commonwealth social and economic policies since 1975. At ISA he will concentrate on the adequacy, fairness and cost-effectiveness of retirement income policies for industry fund ...

BT pays fines for misleading super statements

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... 2014. "ASIC was concerned that BT misled consumers into believing that BT had an affiliation with Industry Super Australia (ISA), an organisation which manages collective projects on behalf of fifteen industry super funds. BT has never had an affiliation ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... longevity risk, credit and inflation risk, whilst also crystalizing reinvestment risk." Recently Industry Super Australia (ISA) said its analysis of retirement incomes showed current tax breaks flowing to the top 1% of Australian income earners will ...