INDUSTRY SUPER FUNDS

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation funds and other financial services organisations will have to account for the decade starting 1 January, 2008, as they seek to address pointed questioning ...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia is claiming vindication after a Senate Committee confirmed significant shortcomings in how the ATO handles the non-payment of the superannuation ...

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People & Products

REST has announced it has appointed a head of advice and education and a head of employer engagement to the fund....

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Policy & Regulation

A Parliamentary Committee has questioned why superannuation funds are not required to be as transparent as financial planners on income received from insurance companies....

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Superannuation

The outperformance of industry super funds over the bank-owned ones is driven by culture and investment philosophy, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA)....

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Superannuation

Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, says industry funds cannot rely on past investment performance to absolve them from necessary governance changes....

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Superannuation

A Government Senator has questioned whether if a union is deregistered its nominees can continue to serve on industry super fund boards....

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Superannuation

South Australian super fund Statewide has appointed Richard Nunn as its chief executive after its former CEO resigned in May....

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Editorial

Industry funds have criticised the Government’s move to impose one-third independent directors on superannuation funds plus an independent chair but, as Mike Taylor repor...

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Superannuation

The Trade Union Royal Commission has claimed industry funds are paying 'substantial sums' to trade unions....

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People & Products

Prominent industry funds figure and former Reserve Bank of Australia governor Bernie Fraser is stepping down as Chairman of industry-funds owned ME Bank....

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Superannuation

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

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Superannuation

Compare the pair. It is likely these three words are some of the best known, and most irritating, among financial planners and advisers and have grated with them for the ...

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Superannuation

Industry funds have been around since the earliest days of superannuation but in recent years have moved into providing advice and banking services bringing them head to ...

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Superannuation

Vertical integration is off the radar for the time being but may come back if amendments to the FOFA legislation are revived according to ISA. ...

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