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ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... 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 - the FWC and ISA - the surprise is that ISA, not the Fair Work Commission ...

Brogden reveals thinking behind FWC legal challenge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Brogden has said. Brogden told Financial Standard the FSC's main objective remains the exclusion of superannuation from awards altogether. Challenging the validity of the Expert Panel is a secondary route. "There are two routes for us. The first is to ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... reductions. "We also need to give MySuper a chance to deliver - it is early days." Garcia also reaffirmed AIST's support of the awards system as a filter for default fund selection. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which represents ...

JANA awards $385m mandate to Californian manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
JANA Investment Advisers (JANA) has awarded a $385 million global equity mandate Los Angeles-based asset manager Causeway Capital Management. Specifically, the mandate was awarded to Causeway's developed markets large-cap strategy Global Value Equity. ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... 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 panel and its ...

ISA 'deeply concerned' over banks' MySuper campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has upped its campaign to keep superannuation in awards, saying it is "deeply concerned" by the big bank-led push to take the Fair Work Commission out of the default super selection process. ISA chief executive David Whiteley ...

CBA integrates online business banking with MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... the provision of employer super, a space that is currently difficult to access for retail funds thanks to the industrial awards system. The awards system is widely viewed as favouring industry funds over retail super providers, but this is likely to ...

Could MySuper free-for-all lead to illegal inducements?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The removal of super from modern awards could see the big banks employing illegal or dubious methods to get new employers to sign up to their MySuper products, according to Cbus chief executive David Atkin. Currently, super funds wishing to provide ...

SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate. Acadian AM is a joint venture between US fund manager Acadian Boston and Colonial First State that manages Australian ...

FSC awards life insurance companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has given out its 2014 Life Insurance Awards at a black tie event in Sydney. AMP director of insurance Megan Beer won the Industry Pioneer award, while BT Financial national manager of underwriting, new business ...