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New report stokes 'Compare the Pair' flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... figures to the attention of the industry and throw its support behind the numbers. In the release ISA chief executive David Whiteley said this "alarming finding" reinforces the need for a default super safety net to ensure that only the best performing ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... before the FWC review is completed." But Industry Super Australia (ISA) disagreed. The group's chief executive David Whiteley said the Fair Work Commission process provides a quality filter that prevents banks from cross-selling their products to employers. ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... of Superannuation Trustees and Industry Super Australia, led the campaign to keep the tax. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said: "By rebating the tax on superannuation for Australians on less than $37,000, up to $500 a year is injected into the super ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... avoided tabling the regulations that came into effect on July 1, 2014. Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley welcomed the move by Labor and said: "Industry super funds, with over five million members, trusts that the Australian ...

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
... the comparison." The change was framed in gentle terms, as an agreement rather than an order. ISA chief executive David Whiteley was keen to stress that the ads would continue. "There has been no change to methodology," he told Financial Standard. "We've ...

Banks suspected of pocketing grandfathered commissions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... Investments Commission (ASIC) to investigate the issue of what it calls 'orphan commissions'. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said it was time for ASIC to "have a good look under the bonnet" to ensure that consumers are not paying their grandfathered ...

Ripoll labels Cormann's FoFA changes "a stunt"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... changes to be implemented immediately by the making of regulations before 1 July." The organisation's chief executive David Whiteley expressed concern that "financial advice and product sales would once again be inseparable and consumer confidence in ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... the wind back of FOFA consumer protections which the banks have been fiercely lobbying for," ISA chief executive David Whiteley said. Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FoFA legislation here Read the Senate Economics Committee FoFA inquiry report ...

Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... scrapping the LISC would cost low income earners $946 million in superannuation contributions. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said: "Retention of the LISC is necessary for the integrity of compulsory super. The reality is that until every Australian ...