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Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...

TFN should be member ID: Cooper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Cooper Review has recommended tax file numbers (TFNs) become the primary super fund member identifier to improve member processing and make it easier for them to switch funds. The set of reforms called "SuperStream" is designed to improve back office ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Growth or recovery, slowdown or double dip? This is the question that's been bugging financial markets in recent times. This is all well and good but the problem is markets appear to be talking themselves down and are busy at work desperately searching ...

Telstra boosts insurance portability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Australia's largest corporate super fund, Telstra Super has improved its insurance to include the ability to transfer externally held death and TPD cover to the fund, matched by group cover rates. The new arrangements kicked in yesterday. Chief executive ...

SEC hunts BP oil spill scammers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
Looking to make a quick buck out of the US' Gulf of Mexico oil spill debacle? Think again - the SEC is cracking down on oil spill stock scams targeting investors to chip money into false cleanup strategies. The oil spill in the US has heralded more ...

School staff take up super advice: NGS Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
Teachers are practicing what they preach, taking up the free financial advice services offered by NGS Super at an unprecedented rate in the last six months - proof that not everyone's indifferent about their retirement savings. In May last year, NGS ...

UK planners to face tougher standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The UK Financial Services Authority is imposing yet more compliance hurdles on financial planners, this time requiring them to hold a new Statement of Professional Standing. The FSA has just released a discussion paper regarding how these new rules ...

Treasury Group director departs

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
David Cooper, executive director at Treasury Group, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Cooper joined in 2002 as manager of strategic investment and then managing director in 2008 before being appointed executive director. His role will not ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
"And now I'm fallin' Fallin' fast again..." -Fallin, Teri de Sario It had to happen today, didn't it? EOFY would not be a happy one for Australia given the ugly lead from Wall Street and European bourses while we were sleeping. SPI futures trading says ...

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The weekend's G-20 Summit in Toronto is done, but is it dusted? Their communiquA(C) had something for everyone - it contained a framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, something on financial sector reform, a bit on financial institutions ...