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Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... objective of retirement income. "We've built an accumulation system, we haven't built a retirement system," said Jeremy Cooper, chairman of retirement income at Challenger Ltd. Cooper was speaking this week at the Superannuation and Social Purpose: Nation ...

ASIC accepts Commonwealth Financial Planning EU

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
ASIC today announced it has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFP) following an investigation into the provision of advice by some of its financial advisers. CFP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ...

Eaton Vance launches first Australian domiciled fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... market capabilities, their global macro capabilities, obviously their bank loan capabilities... and also a solution to the Cooper Review after tax return of equity managers performance measurement, which is something they're doing in the US for over ...

Privacy Commissioner opens investigation into First State Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Inquiries are underway after the Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, said there will be an investigation into the First State Super security breach as the fund notifies its entire 770,000 member base. The commissioner weighed in on the ...

Former Sonray chief gets jail time following ASIC charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The former head of Sonray Capital Markets has been jailed for five years on 10 charges, which include false accounting involving fake deposits worth over $35 million. Scott Kenneth Murray, 33, of Werribee, Victoria will serve a minimum of two and a ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... concerns they are being used to manipulate capital gains tax and contributions caps. The issue was first raised in the Cooper Review recommendations, which suggested SMSFs were able to choose the transfer date to coincide with a low price for the asset ...

Second generation platform consolidation push

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... generational platform and wrap models across the wealth management industry now being forced to update to survive. The Cooper Review and the European Retail Distribution Review are very similar with a move away from commissions and rebates from fund ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... following the recent resignation from the board by former AllianceBernstein Australia chief executive, Michael Bargholz. Greg Cooper, chief executive of Schroder Investment Management Australia, has been elected as a Deputy Chairman of the Financial ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Now that's what I'm talking about. See what a little concerted, decisive action does. Global equity markets rallied following news that the European Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
NEW YORK - US stocks got a boost Thursday despite poor domestic economic data after major central banks joined hands to ensure US dollar liquidity to Europe's embattled banks. In positive territory for the fourth day in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial ...