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FEAL Conference cuts through the noise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... officer of AustralianSuper, Danielle Press, chief executive of Equipsuper and Michael Seton, chief executive of AGEST. Greg Cooper, chief executive, Australia at Schroders and Peter Gunning, global chief investment officer at Russell Investments are ...

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... Lane Cove Tunnel. While super funds mull over whether or not they should invest in Australian infrastructure, the final Cooper Review report stated governments should not seek to direct trustees to invest in particular assets or asset classes, unless ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... Award default funds and still honour its IR election commitment would be to support fast track adoption of aspects of the Cooper Report.

Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Perennial Investment Partners, said the Perennial Global Shares High Alpha fund has shareholdings in US-based businesses Cooper Cameron and FMC Technologies. This follows the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion off the Gulf of Mexico, which resulted ...

Tower and IRESS launch Accelerate Connect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Tower Australia and IRESS Market Technology have launched Accelerate Connect -providing advisers with a straight through link from comparison to the application process on the same screen. Accelerate Connect allows advisers to launch the TOWER Australia ...

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The adoption of MySuper and Superstream reforms outlined in the final report of the Cooper Review can only make Australia's super funds more formidable on the global stage, said a finance technology expert. Peter Hill, managing director of investments ...

Trustee outsourcing deals in regulator spotlight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... operations of all super funds, an activity that is only going to become more intense following the recommendations of the Cooper Report that APRA develop a Code of Trustee Governance. The research was contained in a paper being presented to 18th University ...

ASFA adds to policy strategy team

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... in the soon to be opened Melbourne ASFA office. "Given all that is happening in the industry and particularly with the Cooper Report, Jules already has a long list of projects," Vamos said. "He will be working closely with ASFA members and key stakeholders ...

GESB can manage tougher measures on capital reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
WA-based GESB said the super fund supports the Cooper Review's recommendation on new capital requirements and said it won't be an issue even if - in theory - the super fund grows to $350 billion, the average size of a super fund by 2035 based on Treasury ...

Maritime and Auscoal Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... of March according to Rainmaker Information, and the $5 billion-plus Auscoal Super, were in merger talks. "The direction Cooper's taking [is] that there is the potential for larger funds to provide lower fees and better services, but it's a case-by-case ...