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Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... the government pushed the administration fees included in the test from eight years' average to just one year. On Wednesday, ISA said the move means 13 out of the 20 biggest benefactors of admin fee change are retail funds. Three are industry funds (Prime ...

APRA issues guidance on lifecycle products for performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... test, and softer wording in letters that failing funds must send to their members, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA).

Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... test, and softer wording in letters that failing funds must send to their members, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). The bill passed the Parliament on June 17, with the first set of legislation coming into effect on July 1. APRA recently said ...

SG rise to benefit 6.7m Australians: ISA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... million workers, with the younger and lower-income Australians to benefit the most, according to Industry Super Australia. ISA says the average worker will contribute $233 a year extra to their retirement savings from the 0.5% increase in SG, with the ...

Industry mixed on YFYS

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... address underperformance and called for underperforming funds to be removed before any stapling began. Industry Super Australia (ISA) agreed with the AIST and said the reforms will staple members into products that may fail the performance test. "At ...

More super tax concessions on table

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... controversial piece of super legislation is to be debated this week - the Your Future, Your Super reforms. Industry Super Australia (ISA) today reiterated its concerns that the new laws could trap Australians in poor performing super products through ...

Super gender gap widens for NSW women: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... compared to $1529 for women who worked full-time, leaving a gender pay gap of 17%. A recent retirement survey, commissioned by ISA, found that women on average spend 12 years less in the full-time workforce than men. ISA advocacy director Georgia Brumby ...

Infrastructure Capital hires from Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) has made several key appointments, including nabbing Frontier's head of real assets and private equity. Isabelle Demir, who was head of real assets and private equity at Frontier, has been appointed executive director ...

Draft regulation on YFYS released

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... Funds of Australia (ASFA). "Both changes in the proposed regulations released today need to be examined in further detail, but ISA is willing to work with the government on further changes to get the best outcome for members," Industry Super Australia ...

Cairns women disadvantaged by super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... less superannuation than men. These stark figures highlight the need to lift the super rate as legislated from 9.5% to 12%, ISA said. "Women on middle to low income are the most likely to get the legislated super boost, lifting the rate will give them ...