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Jeremy Cooper explores the inconvenient truth of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper believes the superannuation industry and its regulators need to address an inconvenient truth: the system is wholly unprepared for retirees. Speaking at the Financial Services Council Retirement Income ...

Westpac Group results solid despite challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... FY17 as sound. The wealth arm recorded cash earnings of $771 million - down 11% year-on-year. BTFG chief executive Brad Cooper said BTFG was operating in a challenging environment but the result was pleasing, demonstrating solid underlying performance ...

Forgery sees former NAB adviser sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
A former NAB adviser pleaded guilty to two charges of forgery brought against him by ASIC. Shane Thompson of New Gisborne, Victoria was fined $1000 and forced to pay $223.30 in costs by the Melbourne Magistrates' Court for forging and submitting financial ...

FPA reveals annual award finalists

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... Consulting Robert Zammit CFP(R) - RSM Financial Services Australia FPA Financial Planner AFP(R) of the Year Award Felicity Cooper AFP(R) - Cooper Wealth Management Nicholas Lloyd AFP(R) - ITL Financial Planning Patricia Soares Garcia AFP(R) - WB Financial ...

BEAR should apply to insurance bosses: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
The Banking and Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) should be widened to executives of life insurance companies, the latest spot poll results shows. All of the respondents gave a resounding 'yes', with 67% strongly agreeing and 33% agreeing that ...

BEAR closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) is one step closer to being legislated with the Turnbull Government yesterday referring its Bill to the House of Representatives. Incorporating the Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability ...

Westpac faces class action over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... Financial Group said it will defend the legal action in relation to its life insurance products. BT chief executive Brad Cooper said there are different channels for people to buy life insurance and it was wrong to make direct comparisons as they have ...

BT Financial Group merges wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... to build on the work Spiers had done in helping to build the professionalism of the industry. BTFG chief executive Brad Cooper described Watts and Walker as passionate about delivering the best possible experience, services and solutions for BT's customers ...

No longer doing it for the kids

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... longer lifespans," National Seniors research director John McCallum said. Challenger chairman, retirement income Jeremy Cooper added that it's time to put the inheritance myth to rest. "Retirees have spoken and it's clear that bequests are not the priority ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... of capitalism." Expanding on that latter point and representing the active side, Schroders chief investment officer Greg Cooper said that while "both active and passive have a place in the broader portfolio construction question," the massive flows into ...