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ANZ appoints PwC for OnePath compliance review

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
ANZ has appointed PwC to conduct an independent review of its compliance processes in its OnePath businesses. ASIC raised concerns following ANZ breach reports in 2013 to 2015 regarding life and general insurance, superannuation and funds management ...

BTIM board replaces Cooper

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Industry executive Brad Cooper has stepped down from his role as a non-executive director at BT Investment Management. BTIM announced its board change to the Australian Securities Exchange today, and has replaced Cooper's position with current BT Financial ...

BT appoints insurance GM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... partnership with the investments, advice and superannuation businesses within the group." BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper added, "Sue is a highly regarded member of Australia's insurance industry and we are delighted she is joining our ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Australia's financial services regulators have committed to coordinating their efforts to ensure that professionals working in the country's self-managed superannuation sector are acting as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Wall Street is up - S&P 500 index closed 0.5% higher after dropping by as much as 1.5% overnight - as the US dollar plunged - Bloomberg US dollar index down 1.6% -- and oil prices soared by around 7% (despite the Department of Energy's report that crude ...

FSC elects new board member

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... services to the FSC board which spans 20 years and covers life insurance, wealth management and consulting," FSC chairman Greg Cooper said. Prior to his current role at TAL, Clark ran TAL Life Australia and TAL Retail Life and previously held senior ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... funds ? retail, industry or corporate," Loane said. "This is moderate sensible policy which has been recommended by the Cooper Review under the Labor government and by David Murray's Financial System Inquiry."

Share market risk returns are a lucky dip: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... an additional 1% return a year for taking on extra risk in equity markets. Challenger chairman retirement income Jeremy Cooper said even 20-year periods do not ensure that taking equity risk will be adequately rewarded and this is important for retirees ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... ATO to review any risks associated with LRBAs, and to report back in three years. This is a similar recommendation to the Cooper Inquiry in 2010; we supported it then and support it now and it is line with current government monitoring procedures." Slattery ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... measurement and a basis for after-tax analytics for superannuation funds in Australia, in-line with the recommendations of the Cooper Review and MySuper legislation. A GBST statement said the announcement ensures that an already significant number of ...