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Commission on risk products should continue: FPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... issue of being able to opt out of receiving corporate super advice was one that needed to be escalated with IFSA and the Cooper Review Panel and the FPA will continue to do so."

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super System Review, estimates super funds can save up to $1 billion in costs by doing little things that add up to mean a lot. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) yesterday, Cooper detailed the 'super stream' ...

CSSA defends advice role in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA), which represents providers of corporate super fund advisory services, is calling on the Cooper Review not to adopt the proposed choice architecture. Nick Economidis, chair of CSSA, said the choice architecture is flawed ...

Admins team up for rollover revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... the superannuation system," said Bowen. In a joint press release, Greg Camm, chief executive of Superpartners said: "The Cooper Review has laid down some challenges to the industry designed to improve efficiency of the system. We believe this joint initiative ...

New MD as Wilson HTM restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
Wilson HTM Investment Group has ushered David Groth in as its new chief executive as the firm restructures its strategic relationship with Deutsche Bank. Groth's appointment follows the resignation of Garry Lowrey as managing director. According to ...

AustralianSuper revamps retirement investment path

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... will tell whether or not [AustralianSuper's move] is a long-term trend - part of it will depend on the findings of the Cooper Review on superannuation."

J.P. Morgan hires 50 for custody business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... operation. "The GFC has accelerated the view of clients to outsource more services," he said. "Looking at regulatory change, as Cooper and Henry deliver their reports, we expect more change and that will lead to more project management activity." In ...

AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... benchmarks to alter how its fund managers invest. The super fund has Australian equities investment mandates with Ausbil Dexia, Cooper Investors and State Street Global Advisors. "I want them to have a really good look at their investment decisions to ...

No cane toad approach to SMSF shake-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
As the countdown begins to the release of the Cooper Review's recommendations on SMSFs, the Review's chair Jeremy Cooper said they won't be adopting a 'cane toad' solution to the industry's flaws. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia ...

Limited advice from accountants face hurdles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... comments come after Andrea Slattery, chief executive at SPAA, outlined the association's most recent submission to the Cooper Review, which highlighted the possibility of accountants being given a licence to provide limited structural advice to clients ...