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Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... balances, an industry expert said today. In his keynote speech at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Sydney, Jeremy Cooper, head of Challenger Limited retirement products division, said longevity risk meant that $500,000 would not be enough to ...

Advisers not ready for super changes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... are unprepared for a superannuation system that is rapidly changing with the biggest problems not of their making, Jeremy Cooper said today. Cooper, the former head of the Superannuation System Review, told a packed ballroom of industry professionals ...

Regulators cautioned on world exchanges

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
Tony D'Aloisio, chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has warned regulators of the dangers of misunderstanding stock exchange mergers speaking at an international conference for the last time as chairman. At the 2011 International ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... funds, presenting a big opportunity to life offices and super funds to create products that mimic the age pension. Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System Review who now heads the retirement income products division at Challenger Financial ...

Intersuisse adds senior roles to institutional desk

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Stockbroker Intersuisse has appointed former Macquarie bank and Stonebridge institutional dealers in associate directors roles to lead its own institutional dealing desk. Former Macquarie Bank dealer Will Cleland has moved into one of the associate ...

Ministers backed to raise super contribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Christian Super is supporting the decision by the Baptist Union of NSW and ACT to raise the superannuation levy for Ministers of Religion from 9 per cent to 11 per cent. There have been concerns that due to unique taxation arrangements to help churches ...

AustralianSuper new player in advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... financial planning groups to create a complete advice and super service for clients. The fund said that in light of the Cooper Review, the Ripoll Report and new the FOFA reforms, a partnership between the industry super fund and planning groups makes ...

ANZ Wealth head joins FSC

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... a director. He joins 12 other board members including Craig Meller, managing director, AMP Financial Services and Brad Cooper, chief executive, BT Financial Group. Van Der Wielen's previous roles include managing director at Clerical Medical, Halifax ...

ASFA wants action on tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... ones to push against it. "Nothing is guaranteed especially the 9 to 12 per cent," she said. Vamos also said a third of the Cooper review recommendations had not been supported by the Government and that it was important not to forget them as they made ...

BOQ launches online trading

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... the best tools and education to make share investing easily accessible for all our customers," said Liddy. In March Louis Cooper replaced Barry Odes as head of CMC Markets Australia and New Zealand. "Existing and potential partners are looking to stand ...