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Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... as proposed by the ISN, but on certain conditions. On Wednesday, Industry Super Network (ISN) executive manager, David Whiteley called for the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) to publish a performance table which allowed investors to ...

Super fund reporting should be standardised: ISN

... over their superannuation savings. Given the volatility of the stockmarket in the past year, ISN executive manager David Whiteley called for the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) to publish a results "league table" that investors could ...

Industry funds have mass appeal: Chant West

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... $50,000 the average industry super fund MER was less than half that of the average retail personal super fund. David Whiteley, Industry Super Network executive manager, said the research showed trial commission payments add up to 60 basis points to ongoing ...

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... in providing impartial advice and then getting paid through recommending a particular investment product," said David Whiteley, executive manager of ISN. "This research demonstrates what has been described as a "structural corruption" endemic in the ...

Industry responds to APRA report

... investment offering [with a wider breadth of investment options], then you go with a retail fund," he said. But David Whiteley, executive manager of the Industry Super Network, which represents industry funds, said that the report is nothing short of ...

Give advice a tax break

... incentive to move away from commissions selling and towards offering impartial advice," said ISN's executive manager, David Whiteley. Broadly speaking, the ATO does not recognise financial advice as tax deductible because it views advice as related to ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... all scheme participants get the maximum returns from their savings," she said. But industry super spokesperson, David Whiteley, also advocates the FHSA but warns the structure of the account would be central to take-up by consumers. "Straightforward ...

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
... partnerships with Westpac bankers." The new product would be promoted through its branches and its website, Herman said. David Whiteley, executive manager at Industry Super Network, would not comment on the Westpac scheme, but said any reduction of fees ...

Commissions could breach sole purpose test

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... holistic advice could be breaching the sole purpose test, according to Industry Super Network executive manager David Whiteley. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Conference on the Gold Coast, Whiteley said while ...