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SuperStream to deliver $20bn in savings

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... on 21 August, to confront other aspects of the report that the FSC and the Opposition have been highly critical, namely MySuper. Meanwhile, the research also indicated that implementing these measures could see fees rise across some sectors of the industry ...

Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... already under pressure on the fee front due to the Cooper Report and the Gillard government's endorsement of the report's MySuper recommendation, news that fees will have to rise to cover reserves is unlikely to be welcome.

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... respond to Ripoll and the payment of financial advisers," he said. Earlier this month, the Gillard Government approved the MySuper reforms as part of its agenda to boost Australians' retirement incomes. Key to the reform is placing MySuper (a low cost ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Federal Government has endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading ...

MySuper gets Government tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Gillard Government has approved the MySuper reforms as part of its agenda to boost Australians' retirement incomes. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave the green light to MySuper, with existing super funds able to offer MySuper products ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Superannuation industry associations have welcomed the government's MySuper reforms but one industry body said more should be done to protect and encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation ...

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The adoption of MySuper and Superstream reforms outlined in the final report of the Cooper Review can only make Australia's super funds more formidable on the global stage, said a finance technology expert. Peter Hill, managing director of investments ...

QIC adopts lifecycle investing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... investment practices." Dynamic lifecycle investing is consistent with guidelines put forward by the Cooper Review for its 'MySuper' superannuation product, said QIC. "The Cooper Review has called for superannuation products that are low cost, conceptually ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The Cooper Review flagged the idea of 'MySuper' in its preliminary report ...

Cooper recommends info dashboard for members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... the government, in consultation with the industry, finalise the details of an investment option performance table for MySuper products and choice investment options. The Cooper report said consultation would hopefully lead to a standardised disclosure ...