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Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... trade unions and some industry funds." However, Industry Super Australia opposed the change, with chief executive David Whiteley saying: "Industry super funds are carefully and scrupulously overseen by trustee boards made up of employer and employee ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... user charging, inverted bidding, promotion of infrastructure bonds, and capital recycling. ISA chief executive David Whiteley welcomed the standing committee's endorsement of the inverted bid model, saying: "The inverted bid model has now been widely ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... quarter, in which the Financial Services Council claimed retail funds outperformed industry funds. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said the results were consistent with industry funds' long-term outperformance of retail funds, and said it vindicated ...

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... leave members in higher fee products for several years when a lower cost product is available," ISA chief executive David Whiteley said. Whiteley's comments indicate how the battle between industry funds and the retail sector has re-ignited as the retail ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... providing default super to employers who bank with them, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. He also argued they should also be banned from paying shareholder dividends until they have delivered median returns ...

APRA confirms MySuper non-confidentiality rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... in particular, fund members need this data to make informed decisions." Industry Super Australia chief executive David Whiteley also praised the move, saying: "A key component of APRA's regulatory oversight is the collection of information to ensure ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... The submission argued that the financial planning industry is not ready to regulate itself. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said: "Despite the vast majority of planners doing the right thing, the bad apples have made measures such as mandatory ethics ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... $20,364 in retirement savings, while a 30-year-old earning the same amount will lose $17,015. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said the social contract between Australians and their government was at "risk of fraying." "The Government's decision to ...

ISA targets 'sales incentives' in new ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... they have previously confirmed they spent approximately $9 million on advertising in 2013. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said : "The advertising campaign seeks to raise the awareness of five million Industry SuperFund members that unlike bank-owned ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... bringing this complex and already out-of-date bill into this House." Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley said: "the wind-back of the FOFA laws contains a lot of fine-print. The blunt reality is that confidence in the advice ...