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CSSA defends advice role in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... Specialist Alliance (CSSA), which represents providers of corporate super fund advisory services, is calling on the Cooper Review not to adopt the proposed choice architecture. Nick Economidis, chair of CSSA, said the choice architecture is flawed and ...

Admins team up for rollover revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... superannuation system," said Bowen. In a joint press release, Greg Camm, chief executive of Superpartners said: "The Cooper Review has laid down some challenges to the industry designed to improve efficiency of the system. We believe this joint initiative ...

AustralianSuper revamps retirement investment path

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... tell whether or not [AustralianSuper's move] is a long-term trend - part of it will depend on the findings of the Cooper Review on superannuation."

AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... basis, is essential for the industry to become more transparent. ASFA sees after tax reporting as a 'must do' for the Cooper Review," she said.

No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
As the countdown begins to the release of the Cooper Review's recommendations on SMSFs, the Review's chair Jeremy Cooper said they won't be adopting a 'cane toad' solution to the industry's flaws. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia ...

Limited advice from accountants face hurdles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... comments come after Andrea Slattery, chief executive at SPAA, outlined the association's most recent submission to the Cooper Review, which highlighted the possibility of accountants being given a licence to provide limited structural advice to clients ...

AIST and VU unveil graduate course

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... knowledge. The level of training and professionalism within the superannuation industry is currently being considered by Cooper Review into superannuation, which is due to report back to the Federal Government later this year. AIST chief executive Fiona ...

The audacity of Mark Bouris and Ray Miles

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... make a presentation a week later, on February 18. Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super Systems Review (also called the Cooper Review), singled separately managed accounts (SMAs) as a platform for SMSFs, and called on the industry to come up with fresh answers ...

Planners forced to rewrite succession plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Ongoing regulatory reviews are casting a shadow on the succession plans of financial advisers due to retire in the next few years, placing a big question mark on how they can value their business. Craig Meldrum, national manager in technical services ...

Mandatory online schooling for trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... executive of AIST. Both recommendations were included in AIST's recommendations in its submission to Phase One of the Cooper Review. Reynolds said AIST plans to launch several of its trustee courses online this year, which could be useful for trustees ...