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ASIC's Cooper to lead govt review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Jeremy Cooper, deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), is leading a panel of five experts in the Federal Government's review into Australia's superannuation system. Cooper will lead the Federal Government's review ...

Planners face higher PI fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... and retail investors will be able to bring their claims to EDR schemes, avoiding the expense of litigation," said Jeremy Cooper, deputy chair at ASIC. But the policies received mixed response from the market. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the Financial ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
My forecasts are gloomier than yours! The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the ...

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Adelaide, University of NSW law academic Gordon Cooper welcomed news that the ATO would work closely with SMSF trustees on in-house asset concerns and allow them a 12-month window ...

Morningstar awards top fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... Manager of the Year Multisector" and "Fund Manager of the Year Domestic Equities". Schroders' country chief executive Greg Cooper said their portfolios managed to stay in the top quartile during the year because of their enlarged analyst research team ...

Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Two former client advisers have been found guilty of market manipulation following ASIC investigations. According to a statement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Rocco Musumeci and Richard John Wade were yesterday handed custodial ...

Fin services escapes consumer law reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... (APRA). The exemption is one of the fundamental weaknesses in how financial services is regulated in Australia, said Jeremy Cooper, ASIC deputy commissioner in a major speech last year. The Australian practice is also at odds with major reforms now being ...

Trade and chat at CMC Markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... forums in Australia are fundamentally flawed, because people are not tied to their actual [trading] performance," said Louis Cooper, head of retail distribution, CMC Markets ANZ. "People often listen to the advice of traders on blogs, but they can be ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Shariah-compliant hedge funds could outperform their traditional hedge fund counterparts this year, predicts Aureliano Gentilini, global head of hedge fund research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. Gentilini said that Shariah-compliant hedge funds stand to ...

Nordic pensions unite for ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009