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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 ...

'Funding Australia's growth' top priority for Murray Inquiry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Ripoll rips into Abbott government's 'amateurism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... Coalition is a strong supporter of SuperStream, of which SuperTICK is one element, and we are committed to prioritising the Cooper Review-recommended efficiency reforms. The $48 million came from industry estimates as clearly stated in the press rele ...

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 ...

ANZ partners with Swiss private bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
ANZ has signed a five-year cooperation agreement with Vontobel, Swiss private bank that will allow ANZ to offer its private clients exposure to the Swiss private bank's investment solutions. Vontobel will also act as an adviser to ANZ's Global Wealth ...

La Trobe launches SMSF loan product

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... fund's 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. ...

Niche super funds cooperate to avoid merging

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
As compliance costs for super funds skyrocket, small super funds are cooperating to find ways of achieving scale without having to merge, according to IFAA trustee services manager Michael Corcoran. Corcoran, who provides secretariat and advisory services ...

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.

BT's stranglehold on platforms weakens

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013

TAL launches 'world first' group insurance technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Life insurer TAL has developed a new web-based technology for its group insurance business, enabling it to deal more directly with those holding life policies through superannuation. The technology was developed with UniSuper, to coincide with the commencement ...