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Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... impose 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 ...

ISA appoints "fiscal hawk" chief economist

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has appointed a new chief economist. Stephen Anthony joins the association from Macroeconomics, where he was director of budget and forecasting. He is also a former Treasury economist and participated in the development ...

Industry reacts to ASIC register update

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... week or month is actually registered and qualified to speak to them about the things they have been." Industry Super Australia chief executive David Whiteley welcomed the changes but suggested that details about commission payments should also be included ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... them, but they have an expectation that the age pension shouldn't be for the wealthy." At the same time, Industry Super Australia (ISA) research indicates that the pension changes, in conjunction with existing super tax concession arrangements and the ...

Australia's super pool now more than $2 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... of a 2014 interim edition of Superannuation Fund-level Profiles and Financial Performance publication. Industry Super Australia was quick to point out that APRA's long term figures show average annual returns to industry super funds in the not-for-profit ...

ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Both Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have recommended modifications to a proposed model on lifting educational, professional and ethical standards in the financial services industry. In their ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... retirees, who will need to save $180,000 more in superannuation or a total balance of $610,000," she said. Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive, David Whiteley, said the 2015 budget did not deliver Australians certainty or a coherent retirement ...

Too many adviser associations: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... superannuation industry associations, including the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Industry Super Australia (ISA), Corporate Super Association (CSA), SMSF Association, the Australian Self-Managed Super Fund Members Association ...

Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... reconstituted," Rantall said. Another hot topic was the process to approve financial planning professional bodies. Industry Super Australia (ISA) deputy chief executive Robbie Campo said that "the establishment of professional associations under the ...

ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Industry Super Australia has called for the super safety net to be retained, arguing that scrapping it would collectively cost employers $1.8 billion. Dropping the safety net would allow retail MySuper funds to compete in the default superannuation ...