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$1m in super not enough: Cooper

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Superannuation expert Jeremy Cooper has said that a super balance of $1 million would buy an income stream little greater than the age pension. The chairman of retirement income at Challenger, says a million dollars is always seen as a nice round figure ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... The $1.9 trillion compulsory super system is the last vestige where independent directors are not required. Both Jeremy Cooper and Murray recommended mandating independent directors. Change is now essential so that confidence in the system is maintained ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... international standards, and our report notes the likely impact on retirees. As a guide, the Super System Review chaired by Jeremy Cooper found that a 40 per cent reduction in average fees for the entire superannuation sector would deliver a total saving ...

Jeremy Cooper: Rethinking retirement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
Challenger's Jeremy Cooper talks to FS Super associate editor James Fernyhough about retirement income, challenging some widely-held beliefs about the drawdown phase of superannuation. As one-time chair of the Cooper Review, Jeremy Cooper knows Australia's ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... efficiently regulating the self-managed superannuation sector, according to Challenger's chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper said that, contrary to perceptions that it is out of its depth in this burgeoning sector, the ATO is becoming ...

Member direct investment at "high water mark": AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... world by storm," he said, adding that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Haynes shared the stage with Challenger's Jeremy Cooper, who agreed with Haynes' less-than-positive view of MDI. He said MDI was a "blend" of SMSF and professionally-run funds, and ...

Franking credits hindering corporate bond market: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... market is extremely small by international standards - below the $10 billion a year mark, according to Challenger's Jeremy Cooper. "It's certainly a hot topic, there's no doubt about that.," Brunton said, adding that, in lieu of doing away with franking ...

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... sector could benefit from having its own exclusive regulator, according to Challenger's director of retirement Income Jeremy Cooper. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual conference in Perth, the former head of ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... 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.

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... flexibility and some level of income is going to be where we push a lot of innovation." The panel, chaired by Challenger's Jeremy Cooper, also discussed the possibility of introducing DLAs into default superannuation options. Andrew Boal, managing director ...