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Former Labor MP joins SMSFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
A former Parliamentary Secretary was appointed to the board of the Self-Managed Super Fund Association. Bernie Ripoll has joined the SMSFA board, in a move described by chair Deborah Ralston as "invaluable" to the ongoing evolution of superannuation ...

Consumers don't understand fee disclosure: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... consumers still won't get the clarity they need to make informed decisions on fees and cost comparisons. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said attempts to improve this system are long overdue and the ASIC proposal is misguided - he believes the changes ...

IFM Investors adds policy director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... positioning the firm strategically for continued growth. May starts with IFM Investors on March 4. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean recently told Financial Standard that stapling members to one default account doesn't necessarily sound like a good idea. ...

Pay super fortnightly: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... withholding workers superannuation payments is a tactic used by businesses to improve cash flow. The peak body's chief Bernie Dean said workers were effectively subsidising businesses at the expense of their retirement savings. "Some employers will go ...

Industry funds wary of stapling default members

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... doesn't get a complete green tick from industry funds. Visiting Sydney yesterday, Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean said stapling is not the solution to the problem of multiple accounts. "It will potentially worsen the problem for ...

Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... speculation the Future Fund could be opened up to more Australians as a default superannuation fund. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said Australians defaulted into the Future Fund would be consigned to an "under-performing government-run fund." "We ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... create barriers to entry for start-ups and other tech innovators," Loane added. Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean said the Productivity Commission's consumer safeguards were inadequate and ignored big opportunities to boost member ...

Labor pledges tougher unpaid super penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... Super Australia figures, which calculate $5.9 billion of super was not paid to employees in FY2015-16. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said enshrining super in the NES will provide new legal avenues to recoup unpaid super, which have not been broadly ...

Industry funds launch account matching initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... collective pool to be matched to the active account held by participating funds. Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean said once a match is found members will still be able to opt out. After a successful pilot in 2017 that consolidated ...

Super assets hit new record

STEPHEN FAY, DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... for benefit payments, the figure reduced $3.4 billion to $70 billion. Industry Super Australia incoming chief executive Bernie Dean said new APRA data confirms superior investment performance is powering industry funds' growth with $52.8 billion in net ...