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Government unveils response to Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
The Government has welcomed most of the recommendations from the Cooper Review - but rejected several key proposals to do with MySuper. The Cooper Review originally recommended that there should be no cost cross-subsidisation between MySuper and other ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the Financial Services Council (formerly IFSA) last Friday, Shorten called for ...

Northern Trust launches accounting platform

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... service based on feedback he had received from important stakeholders. "Post GFC, and particularly following the Cooper Review there is an opportunity for the industry here to realise greater levels of efficiency and governance for super funds and their ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees. "The industry is still working its way through the recommendations of the Cooper Review, the Ripoll Inquiry and various other inquiries, most of which are squarely aimed at lowering fees and delivering a better deal ...

Super funds call for new fee paradigm

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... their weight into the debate backing AIST's call for fairer fees and better disclosure. "In our submission to the Cooper Review, CHOICE supported greater disclosure of advice fees and commissions and annual reporting is an obvious way of implimenting ...

Treasury rebuffs MySuper critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... how policymakers believe the industry should factor in behavioral economics. David Gruen, who was a member of the Cooper Review panel, and Tim Wong from the Macroeconomic Group in the Australian Treasury, were speaking at last week's Australian Conference ...

WA senator appointed super shadow minister

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... policy objectives around adequacy and industry efficiency including the implementation of key recommendations of the Cooper Review, particularly SuperStream," said ASFA chief executive, Pauline Vamos.

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... achieve the government's pre-election commitments to lift the SG to 12 per cent, implement the recommendations of the Cooper Review, and ongoing reform in the financial services sector," said AIST chief executive, Fiona Reynolds. "We congratulate Mr ...

Securities lending back at pre-GFC levels

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... welcomed increased involvement of super fund trustees in decisions around securities lending, as recommended in the Cooper Review. This is because it can lead to greater awareness over the benefits of short selling, which can include more efficient markets ...

AIST research exposes flaws in asset-based fee model

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... be a better approach for certain asset classes, particularly indexed portfolios. In its official response to the Cooper Review panel, the AIST argues that fees for index equities mandates "should recognise that fund manager's costs are not size related" ...