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Schroders wins business from super portfolio review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... said. This is translating into more business for the fund manager across fixed income and Australian equities, said Greg Cooper, chief executive at Schroders. "Over the past 12 months we've seen solid inflows across the business," he said. "We've engaged ...

Financial services execs gain Aus day honours

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Industry heavyweights Michael D'Ascenzo, Robert Maple-Brown, and Peter Hall are among those honoured at this year's Australia Day celebrations for their work in and outside the finance industry. D'Ascenzo, ATO commissioner, and Maple-Brown, co-founder ...

AIST and VU unveil graduate course

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... knowledge. The level of training and professionalism within the superannuation industry is currently being considered by Cooper Review into superannuation, which is due to report back to the Federal Government later this year. AIST chief executive Fiona ...

The audacity of Mark Bouris and Ray Miles

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... 12 to submit their proposal. All shorlisted suppliers have to make a presentation a week later, on February 18. Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super Systems Review (also called the Cooper Review), singled separately managed accounts (SMAs) as a platform ...

Standard Life fined $4m for bad marketing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
The UK financial services regulator has fined Standard Life Assurance more than $4 million for releasing misleading marketing information that resulted in approximately 98,000 people believing they were invested in pure cash assets. The Financial Services ...

Planners forced to rewrite succession plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... Financial Services, said an increasing number of planners worry about their succession plans, particularly with the Henry and Cooper Reviews, and the Ripoll Inquiry, casting some uncertainty on their business models. "Obviously with the debate around ...

Mandatory online schooling for trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... chief executive of AIST. Both recommendations were included in AIST's recommendations in its submission to Phase One of the Cooper Review. Reynolds said AIST plans to launch several of its trustee courses online this year, which could be useful for trustees ...

... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Three leading placement agents in Australia have filed a joint submission to the Cooper Review, stressing that the system in Australia is more transparent and markedly different to the US. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, one of the ...

Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... efficiency could be transformational - with massive potential to lower investor and super fund member fees way ahead of any Cooper-led reforms. Rainmaker said whether NAB's shareholders would allow this to happen is another question and, in any case ...

AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... each to JANA, Marathon Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management for international equities, and $10 million with Cooper Investors in Australian equities.