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Super fund reporting to go online: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
The country's financial regulator ASIC is giving super funds the go ahead to use the web as their default method of delivering annual fund information to members, as long as certain conditions are met. "We have decided that for this year we will allow ...

Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Retail super fund providers are backing the introduction of a standardised super fund performance table, as proposed by the ISN, but on certain conditions. On Wednesday, Industry Super Network (ISN) executive manager, David Whiteley called for the Australian ...

Super fund reporting should be standardised: ISN

Industry Super Network (ISN) has called for reporting of superannuation returns to be standardised, in the same way as managed fund returns are currently reported, to provide investors with better transparency over their superannuation savings. Given ...

Industry funds have mass appeal: Chant West

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
Most Australians should be invested in industry or public sector super funds, said superannuation research firm Chant West. Ian Fryer, Chant West research manager said a lot of Australians did not seek financial advisers for information and industry ...

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
Nearly two thirds of Australians believe the adviser sales commission system compromises financial advice, according to a Newspoll survey. The Industry Super Network (ISN) commissioned Newspoll survey on public confidence in the financial advice industry ...

Industry responds to APRA report

APRA's latest research on the governing practices of super funds revealed key differences between how retail fund trustees and industry fund trustees operate, but players from both sides of the fence argue their case. APRA's comprehensive report found ...

Give advice a tax break

The Industry Super Network has called for the Federal Government to provide tax breaks on financial advice but only if the advice was fee-for-service not commission-based. "A tax deduction for fee for service advice - whether paid out of a member's ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Superannuation industry bodies AIST, ISN and IFF have banded together to propose measures tailoring First Home Saver Accounts to better aid struggling first home buyers. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, said the scheme should be structured in ...

Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
Industry Super Network executive director David Whiteley said any decision the Government takes in the upcoming May budget to increase superannuation contributions needs to be grounded in structural reforms to increase the "efficiency and fairness" ...

Super advice for $199

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Westpac throws a fresh challenge to the industry on making advice affordable after it introduced a low cost superannuation advice service this month. In an effort to help Australians with low superannuation balances receive financial advice, Westpac ...