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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 ...

Westpac profit boosted by BTIM sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... well as lower performance fees and higher insurance claims. This was echoed by BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper, who noted that when issues such as the massive increase in catastrophe insurance claims ($80 million was paid out in FY2015 ...

FSI response fans default super flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... all MySuper providers to compete in the default superannuation market supports the recommendations outlined in the 2010 Cooper review. The FSC highlighted that a number of companies have very low fees in their default MySuper options, such as Bendigo ...

CBA refunds $7.6 million to 8400 customers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has started contacting more than 8000 customers to refund a total of $7.6 million after failing to apply fee waivers and ongoing benefits to its AgriAdvantage Plus package holders. The failure occurred over several years ...

ASIC hits advice firm with more licence conditions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
ASIC has increased its surveillance activity on Total Financial Solutions Australia advisers, following compliance concerns. The surveillance commenced in October 2014 and focused on TFSA product advice, which ASIC identified as having a "one-size-fits-all ...

Maritime Super appoints NAS as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Maritime Super appointment follows announcements earlier this year that NAS would be providing custody to VicSuper, CareSuper, Cooper Investors and AMIST Super.

MyPension product to solve retirement income hurdle

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... how much money you're going to need, what inflation is going to be," Challenger chairman and superannuation expert Jeremy Cooper said. Cooper said that this issue has been identified by the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) and he flagged the need for the ...