Financial Standard Comments - ISN and FSC form 'unprecedented' union A bridge over the traditional gulf between the industry and retail superannuation sectors appears to be under construction following an announcement from the Financial Services Council (FSC) - representing retail - and the Industry Super Network (ISN) - representing industry funds. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/feed/latest?story=33630717 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:51:56 +1000 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:51:56 +1000 en-AU Copyright 2026 Financial Standard 5 Comment by Craig Yates (Lifestyle Financial Group)

So here we are with advisers across Australia who are Authorised Representatives of FSC member AFSL's and whom a vast majority of them would have large advice practices based around grandfathered trail commissions built on years of providing valuable advice to their clients and the ISN are placing half-page and full page advertisements in the major newspapers across the country spouting that they have " never charged sales commissions-ever", to infer that the receiving of commissions for the provision of quality financial advice is abhorrent.

So Mr. David Whitely then refers to terms such as "sector neutral", "even handed" and "stability" at the same time as the ISN is openly and unashamedly through the media creating division and instability in a bid for market share and possibly a performance bonus based on Industry Super Fund member number increases.

I am sure those advisers would be over the moon with the FSC and the ISN getting into bed together !!

It would be like Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard hopping into the sack........they are mean't to be on the same team, but it would be strongly recommended to sleep with one eye open!

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]]> Craig Yates (Lifestyle Financial Group) Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:51:56 +1000 Comment by Peter Hansen (Peter Hansen Communications) It will be a positive move if the FSC and ISN can work together to move superannuation above politics. Unfortunately over the years much of the politicisation of superannuation has come from vested interests that have an ideological abhorrence of retail super funds.

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]]> Peter Hansen (Peter Hansen Communications) Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:18:01 +1000 Comment by Peter Hawks (Goodwill) Unfortunately Industry funds gained an unfair advantage at the outset with favourable treatment from the IRC. They denigrated advisers with impunity and falsely accused advisers of placing their interests above that of the client. The game is all about control of capital. Members interests will be secondary now and in the future.
Leopards do not change their spots.

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