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New draft super governance standards released

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... for all Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated superannuation funds. Consistent with both the 2010 Cooper Review and the Financial System Inquiry, the Government's proposed reforms will include a requirement that all APRA-regulated ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... only appears nine times in the Wallace report, but 48 times in the Murray report, and many more times than that in the Cooper report. "Everything gets blamed on poor governance," Herbert Smith Freehills and university lecturer Scott Donald said. "People ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper said governments, policymakers, academics, researchers, the superannuation industry and the broader community should ...

Action plans for Indigenous super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... issues confronting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper has called for Australia's super policies to be refined and cater for Indigenous Australians. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is set to open higher after another positive session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7 per cent after the US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near-zero per cent and gave no fresh ...

Advice firm pays penalty for misleading claims

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Sydney advice boutique Omniwealth Services has paid a $10,200 penalty for making misleading advertising claims on its website. On a page explaining the advantages of investing in property via a self-managed super fund (SMSF), Omniwealth compared the ...

Mercer appoints new custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... announced it had retained its custody mandate with VicSuper. In May, NAS also renewed its partnerships with CareSuper and Cooper Investors, dampening industry speculation in late 2014 that NAB was planning to sell its custody business.

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... previously a departmental liaison officer with the Commonwealth Treasury. The FSC Board now comprises: Chairman : Greg Cooper - CEO, Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited Co Deputy Chairman : Brad Cooper - CEO, BT Financial Group; Co Deputy ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Challenger has sold its 25% stake in Kapstream Capital to Janus Capital, entering a strategic partnership with Janus in the process. Challenger chief executive Brian Benari said that the sale "opens the door for further long-term strategic collaboration ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... illness. The fund will give investors exposure to top global equities fund managers such as Magellan Asset Management, Cooper Investors, IronBridge Capital, Paradice Investment Management, Nikko Asset Management, Insync Funds Management, Hunter Hall ...