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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 ...

FSC will take FWC to Federal Court

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... action against the Fair Work Commission (FWC) after it rejected the FSC's request for a hearing on the validity of the expert panel. FSC chief executive John Brogden said he would apply for "an urgent hearing in the Federal Court," on the grounds that ...

Legal action on cards as FWC denies FSC requests

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... Work Commission (FWC) has rejected the Financial Services Council's (FSC) call for a hearing on the validity of the expert panel as well as its request for a one week extension on MySuper applications. In response to this decision, the FSC restated that ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council's (FSC) request to review the constitution of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) expert panel on super and awards has met with opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA). The FSC questioned the validity of the FWC expert ...

Hillross awards advisers amid AMP restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... Financial Planner qualification and advisory firms across the Hillross network. The winners are determined by an expert panel of industry representatives, including Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall and AMP's chief customer ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... from a list of up to 15. The Government is considering removing a merit-based filter undertaken by an independent expert panel within Fair Work Australia to require employers to select from any of an estimated 100 MySuper funds. "Few employers will have ...

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... superannuation industry to have confidence in FWA because there is a widely held view that FWA lacks independence. "The expert panel will be dominated by FWA, it will be chaired by the FWA President and FWA will appoint the part time members. How can ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... The Government is supporting the selection of default funds for inclusion in modern awards to be undertaken by the expert panel within Fair Work Australia (FWA) and rejects the right to unilateral employer choice of fund outside an award. The submission ...