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ISA to change Compare the Pair ads

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will change its 'Compare the Pair' advertising campaign to include disclaimers after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concern that the ads were misleading to consumers. In future advertisements ...

Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... complaints to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in relation to the organisation's new 'Compare the Pair' television commercials. ISA deputy chief executive Robbie Campo told Financial Standard that "the bank-owned retail funds ...

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider complaints about the new Industry Super Association (ISA) 'Compare the Pair' campaign, over concerns that they are "misleading." Commissioner Greg Tanzer confirmed that the regulator looked at ...

ISA spends $9 million on ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... impact." This follows news that ISA has put out a tender for an advertising buyer, following the renewal of its 'Compare the Pair' campaign. ISA will continue to work with its creative agency responsible for the 'Compare the Pair' ads, The Shannon Company. ...

FPA-Cbus referral deal makes promising start

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... that has grown up between industry funds and financial planners over commissions and Industry Super Australia's "Compare the Pair" advertising campaign. Harper said the partnership with the FPA could help to forge a better relationship between the two ...

Cbus, FPA explain their referral deal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... fund. When asked whether the historic political friction - embodied in events such as Industry Super Australia's 'compare the pair' advertisements - made it difficult to reach an agreement, Harper told Financial Standard: "What has gone on in the past ...

MySuper a challenge to fund differentiation: AusSuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... features across funds, it has challenged marketers who must consider ways to differentiate their funds. "The 'compare the pair' campaigns are gone, there's no more of those beautiful bars that showed how your fund had lower fees than the other," AustralianSuper ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... need to be disclosed so we can understand." The issue of disclosure turned to industry funds, with ISN's own 'compare the pair' advertising campaign coming under scrutiny from panel members and the audience. "Our campaign costs only a tiny percentage ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... get people in front of an adviser, so how do we push back [against the industry fund campaign]. You can't do a Compare The Pair campaign if there are no commissions on super," said Tucker. Instead, advisers must focus on the positive stories about the ...

ISN unveils new industry fund campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... and their retail counterparts. The campaign has been christened 'Movement', and follows the high media profile 'Compare the Pair' campaign and the recent Bernie Fraser Reassurance campaign, which sought to reassure members during the GFC. A media statement ...