industry super australia

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has told the Productivity Commission that retail fund excuses about member demographics and investment choice do not stand up to scrutiny....

Superannuation

O’Dwyer’s direct hit on ISA

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has taken a swipe at Industry Super Australia while alleging self-interest on the part of the superannuatio...

Outsider

Compare the pair of sole purpose tests

Outsider knows that all financial planners will be gratified to have heard that Industry Super Australia has joined with research and consultancy outfit SuperRatings to u...

Superannuation

ISA backs ALP’s dividend imputation move

Industry Super Australia has found itself at odds with other superannuation bodies as it backs Federal Opposition leader, Bill Shorten’s proposals to remove dividend impu...

Superannuation

Royal Commission issues early please explains

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has asked the 17 industry funds responsible for the ‘compare the pair’...

Superannuation

Industry funds look to aged care

A roundtable exercise involving Industry Super Australia and the Council of the Ageing has identified a role for industry funds in the aged care arena....

Superannuation

ISA attacks direction of PC super inquiry

Industry Super Australia has attacked the direction of the Productivity Commission’s latest superannuation inquiry arguing it is too focused on competition while ignoring...

Superannuation

Retail and industry funds performance gap widens

While it is known that industry funds dominate performance, it is less known that the gap between industry and retail funds is widening, according to Industry Super Aust...

Financial planning

Planners off ISA agenda as it targets banks

Industry Super Australia has signalled it is more concerned about banks than planners in the post-Future of Financial Advice world....

Superannuation

Super fund governance changes is unnecessary over-reach

ISA claims proposed changes to superannuation fund governance will create regulatory over-reach while the FSC calls the move good for the whole superannuation sector....

Superannuation

ISA renews $2.6 billion planner commission claims

The ISA has renewed claims that planners are extracting commissions of as much as $2.6 billion a year as part of its defence of default super arrangements. ...

Superannuation

Super critical to Australia’s future

Moves must be taken to strengthen Australia’s superannuation system on the back of the findings of the 2015 Intergenerational Report, industry bodies believe....