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FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... super funds," Whiteley said. The review process was put on hold in June following a Federal Court ruling that the FWC expert panel was incorrectly constituted. The FWC is currently waiting for Employment Minister Eric Ebetz to appoint a new expert to ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... sector some wiggle room; and the FSC and ISA have faced off in court over the make-up of the Fair Work Commission's expert panel on superannuation. Apart from one jointly penned response to a CPA report in August, relations between the two bodies appear ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... halt its selection of MySuper funds as default funds under modern awards, after the full Federal Court found the expert panel was incorrectly constituted. In a statement released yesterday the president of the FWC, Justice Iain Ross said that the default ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... objections. At the end of Friday's hearing over the composition of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) superannuation Expert Panel, the judges made two orders: first, that Justice Iain Ross's appointment of himself to the panel was invalid, and that the panel ...

Federal Court hears FSC's complaints against FWC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has put its case against the composition of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel to the Federal Court in Sydney this morning. The FSC's counsel put forward three points challenging the current composition ...

Ross signals he will step down from Expert Panel

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... has told the Financials Services Council (FSC) he will step down from the Fair Work Commission (FWC) superannuation Expert Panel if a new expert member is appointed. Ross, who is president of the FWC, made the statement in response to a request for clarification ...

FSC puts pressure on Ross ahead of FWC court hearing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... Fair Work Commission (FWC) President Iain Ross to declare whether he intends to stand down from the superannuation expert panel. The letter, which requests a number of clarifications on comments Ross made regarding the resignation of MTAA director Vicki ...

FSC-ISA court clash to go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... hearing against the Fair Work Commission (FWC) will proceed, despite the resignation of MTAA's Vicki Allen from the expert panel. The hearing, which will take place later this week, will involve Industry Super Australia (ISA) as the first respondent ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... lodged an application with the Federal Court of Australia challenging the validity of the Fair Work Commission's Expert Panel responsible for the selection of MySuper funds to be listed on modern awards. While the Federal Court named two official respondents ...

Brogden reveals thinking behind FWC legal challenge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Financial Services Council's (FSC) decision to challenge the constitutional basis of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel in the Federal Court is part of a strategy to "damage the credibility of the process", FSC chief executive John Brogden has ...