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Bank super incentives 'unlawful': ISA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... incentives to switch their employee default super scheme could be breaking the law. That's according to Industry Super Australia (ISA), the body representing 15 industry super funds, which has sought legal advice on the subject from Sydney-based firm ...

Hockey contemplates first home buyer access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... likely to dramatically reduce people's final benefits," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley noted that "such proposals are completely at odds with the objective of encouraging Australians ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... Over time, this should reduce the proportion of people receiving an age pension from 70% today." Industry Super Australia (ISA) director of policy Zachary May said that "our prosperity will rely on the country's ability to produce more with relatively ...

Law should stop banks "bundling" super: ISA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has denounced banks offering employers incentives to "bundle" super with business banking and insurance services. In some cases, ISA's statement said, these incentives have included discounts on insurance products and ...

Life insurance commissions must remain an option: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... set the discussion up over adviser remuneration in life insurance advice. Following criticism by Industry Super Australia (ISA) over the fact that the working group's interim report did not contemplate a complete ban on commissions, Anderson said: "Commissions ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Insurance and Advice Working Group should reconsider banning commissions from risk advice, Industry Superannuation Australia (ISA) said in its submission to the inquiry. ISA noted that the working group, set up by the Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... a default superannuation fund safety net despite calls for deregulation to increase competition, Industry Super Australia (ISA) said. The body representing some industry super funds argued that efforts to deploy competitive market forces in superannuation ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... debate about fossil fuel divestment, when in fact the majority of the companies from which ANU divested were metals miners. FSC-ISA Federal Court clash Relations between the industry and retail sectors of superannuation have never been great, but 2014 ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... definition of independence right. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) firmly opposed the recommendation, with AIST chief executive Tom Garcia saying: "There is no evidence to suggest that forcing ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... financing in its recommendation: user charging, inverted bidding, promotion of infrastructure bonds, and capital recycling. ISA chief executive David Whiteley welcomed the standing committee's endorsement of the inverted bid model, saying: "The inverted ...