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Actuaries Institute asks for FSI to be implemented

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
The Actuaries Institute has called for the government to quickly implement policy proposals that will encourage innovation in retirement income stream products in its pre-Budget submission. The institute restated the proposals it made to the Financial ...

Actuaries Institute appoints new president

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
The Actuaries Institute is aiming to increase its influence in Australia's data analytics industry, appointing a new president to oversee the profession's changing business environment. New president Lindsay Smartt said many actuaries were now nominating ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... fiercely resist any government that forced them to take up reverse mortgages in retirement." PWC partner and Actuaries Institute housing working group head Catherine Nance said some smart thinking is needed about how to remove impediments to allow retirees ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... contributions and encourages the introduction of lifetime income guarantees or "intelligent default products." Actuaries Institute of Australia president Estelle Pearson said the paper underlines the significance of the Australian government's response ...

MyPension product to solve retirement income hurdle

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... producing streams that would help retirees manage the risks that they face." Cooper's call matches that of the Actuaries Institute, which in a recent report said: "A coherent unifying strategy is needed to deal with the interaction of the various financial ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
The superannuation system is doing its job, a newly published white paper from the Actuaries Institute has concluded, but Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray argues it must be removed from political intervention. The new paper, 'For Richer or ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... a debate about the federal government's uncertain position regarding superannuation tax reform. Today the Actuaries Institute said there is growing clamour for clarity around superannuation taxation arrangements. In its submission to the Tax Discussion ...

Actuaries Institute demands long term policy focus

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
The Actuaries Institute recommended increased policy focus on retirement income in its final FSI submission. The submission emphasised the issue of existing regulatory barriers to improving Australia's retirement income system, arguing that a legislative ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... industry is undermining standards of good practice, according to APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Insights Session on 3 March, Laughlin said that the industry's focus on "sales and distribution" has affected its standards ...

Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Financial System Inquiry has enlisted the Actuaries Institute to advise it on possible product solutions that deal with the challenge of longevity. In its submission to the FSI, released today, the Actuaries Institute states: "The Institute is assisting ...