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FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) review of default superannuation will cost $400 million and throw the superannuation of 2.25 million Australians into "turmoil", the Financial Services Council (FSC) has claimed. The FSC's claims come on the back of a ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
The low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme has been saved after the Senate blocked the repeal of measures related to the mining tax. The LISC, which was a spending measure associated with the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, was saved after ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
The Labor Party tabled the regulations of amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments yesterday in the Senate. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari presented an order for the production of the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining Future of ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
In July last year Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley stood alongside Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden and announced that the two wings of superannuation would be burying the hatchet. They wouldn't ...

ISA to change Compare the Pair ads

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will change its 'Compare the Pair' advertising campaign to include disclaimers after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concern that the ads were misleading to consumers. In future advertisements ...

Banks suspected of pocketing grandfathered commissions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Banks could be pocketing grandfathered commissions rather than passing them on to financial advisers, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has warned. ISA has called on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to investigate the issue of ...

Ripoll labels Cormann's FoFA changes "a stunt"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
"What a stunt" was Labor MP Bernie Ripoll's first reaction to the government's announcement that it will ban commissions on general advice. "Commissions have already been banned. By Labor," Ripoll said on Twitter. "Liberals say they will ban commissions ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Labor, the Greens and Industry Super Australia (ISA) strongly opposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation on the grounds that changes "seem designed to protect the profits of larger financial services companies." Both Labor ...

CBA names new CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
A Commonwealth Bank (CBA) planning executive has been promoted to the role of group executive, enterprise services and chief information officer, to replace current CIO Michael Harte. David Whiteing joined the CBA in September 2013 to lead the newly ...

Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Women and regional Australians will be the worst affected by the government's plan to scrap the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC) scheme, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). Using figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...