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COOPER REVIEW
Editorial
The electoral cycle has overtaken the Government's agenda to change the financial planning industry and, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate outcome will be dictated by ...
Life/Risk
A push to ban insurance commissions in super is being driven by those who are against commissions on principle and fail to see the different nature of commissions in the ...
Superannuation
Chris Bowen has acknowledged the Cooper Review's lack of focus on retirement income products and said the Government needs to do more to make them attractive....
Superannuation
The Government has promised further discussions with the industry around the recommendations of the Cooper Review but is focusing primarily on MySuper and SuperStream....
Superannuation
Cooper Review gets mixed response from the industry, with most lamenting its failure to address superannuation savings adequacy....
Financial planning
QIC will be offering superannuation funds what it calls a dynamic lifestyle approach, adjusting investment strategies throughout a member's life to improve retirement out...
Financial planning
The Government does not intend repeating its actions on the Henry Review with the Financial Services Minister, Chris Bowen, promising an early release of the Cooper Revie...
Superannuation
In response to a Cooper Review recommendation that self-managed super fund (SMSF) professionals be banned from investing in art and collectables, SPAA has stated artwork ...
Financial planning
Australian financial institutions are still under represented in emerging Asian markets, while merger and acquisition activity is set to increase globally....
Superannuation
GESB urges Australians to seek advice on SMSFs, with research showing many don't understand the time, risks and costs involved in operating this type of fund....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has disagreed with the Cooper Review by claiming SMSFs should be able to invest in collectibles and 'personal use' as...
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has questioned claims the Cooper Review's MySuper regime will actually save money....
Financial planning
The Industry Funds Forum has announced the launch of an electronic commerce hub to facilitate the transfer of rollovers between superannuation funds....
Superannuation
Paragem has announced the launch of a new online information and education centre for self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees, called The SMSF Review....
Financial planning
Two of Canada’s largest pension funds have made what they describe as a "final" offer for Transurban....
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Podcast
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...