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ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... lobbying and research activities. The remaining 10 contribute to ISA's advertising campaigns, and have the 'Industry SuperFund' logo next to their own logos. The FSC represents the for-profit retail superannuation, investment management, life insurance ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... claimed that retail MySuper products were on average more than 25% more expensive than MySuper products of the Industry SuperFund group. Like AIST, ISA argued for the retention of the Fair Work Commission vetting process as a way of protecting consumers. ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

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

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) said that major banks were behind the 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 ...

Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... 2013 and 4 January 2014, AustralianSuper spent $9.37 million on advertising. The next biggest spender in the Industry SuperFund group was Cbus, at $4.84 million, followed by HESTA, which spent $2.75 million. On the retail side, Nielsen calculated that ...

ISA spends $9 million on ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has confirmed that it spent around $9 million on advertising in 2013, despite some media reporting a much higher figure. ISA, which represents 15 super funds including AustralianSuper, Cbus, Hesta and HOSTPLUS, confirmed ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Committee that the LISC should be retained. "The proposed abolition of the LISC impacts up to two million low paid Industry Superfund members by increasing the tax they pay on their super contributions - so that they are the only Australians who are ...

ISA appoints former cabinet minister to advisory role

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has appointed the Hon Greg Combet AM to an advisory role for the next year. Combet served as a Cabinet Minister in the former Federal Government and is a former Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. As principal ...

Peter Collins to chair ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Brumby and the rest of the ISN team towards maximising the retirement savings and income of over 5 million Industry SuperFund members." "Our super system is the envy of the worl, and should remain so ISN will continue to provide much needed leadership ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a ...