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Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual conference in Perth, the former head of the Cooper Review said an exclusive superannuation regulator could be one outcome of the comprehensive financial services inquiry planned by ...

La Trobe launches SMSF loan product

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... net worth. However, there have been a number of concerns raised about limited recourse borrowing arrangements. The Cooper Review determined that borrowing within SMSFs had become 'excessive', and the use of such products has only grown since then. The ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... government on 5 July 2013. Members of the Charter Group included Challenger chairman, retirement income, and head of the Cooper Review, Jeremy Cooper; former Federal Court Judge Alan Goldberg; and former MLC chief executive Steve Tucker.

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... discussion and added that ATO figures suggest that SMSFs have only 3% of assets invested in residential property. "The Cooper Review 2010 established a review of borrowing provisions within two years, so we are happy to wait and see what happens," Forsyth ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... about how do we incorporate that into the Product Dashboard." In the Super System Review - commonly known as the Cooper Review - which led to the Stronger Super reforms, the panel's concern over risk focused on members making bad decisions based on past ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... he said the Coalition would improve corporate governance arrangements for superannuation by implementing relevant Cooper Review recommendations, particularly in relation to better managing conflicts of interest. Thirdly, Cormann said he would move to ...

Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... entrenched and that there would be no capacity to improve corporate governance arrangements in line with relevant Cooper Review recommendations," he said. "It would also mean no opportunity to re-visit the level of concessional caps or super co-contribution ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... ages and lifestyles." Yesterday Financial Standard reported that Challenger's Jeremy Cooper - also chair of the Cooper Review - made a similar point, arguing more care needs to go into investment options for members in the retirement phase. He argued ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... are subject to competitive forces. Fletcher said a coalition government would introduce the recommendations of the Cooper Review regarding trustee disclosure and conflicts of interest but, significantly, he signalled no major changes were planned for ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... He said that Chris Bowen's return to super will be "sort of back to the future", as he was key in setting up the Cooper Review in 2009, which led to the Stronger Super reforms. Garcia said he expects that, under the new PM, super policy will continue ...