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NGS Super appoints Frontier after tender process

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... an extensive market review in late 2014 after inviting a number of asset consultants to tender for the role. Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants assisted NGS Super in the research and evaluation process. "NGS Super wanted to review the market to ensure ...

BetaShares funds now available on AMP platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... higher price tag for investors to access." According to the Market Overview - ETF Market December 2014 by Plan for Life Actuaries & Researchers, BetaShares is the fourth-largest ETF issuer by market share, with $1581.25 million in FUM.

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... assets and receives an income of over $60,000 per year is eligible to receive a part age pension according to RiceWarner Actuaries. Similarly, the preservation age is too low at age 60. The gap between when people retire and when they can access their ...

Super trustees must be vigilant about managers: Deloitte

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... trustees need to actively prioritise implemented asset consultants that add value, according to new research by Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants. Deloitte surveyed six major consultants over the five years to 30 June 2014, using the Vanguard Growth Index ...

PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Queenstown, New Zealand. And she looked at me and said, 'Hey, why don't we move there?' I said, 'I'm not sure if they need any actuaries in Queenstown New Zealand.' But it got us thinking about this part of the world." Eventually he found a job at asset ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... have its finger on the trigger as BOE governor Mark Carney explained to his audience at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries General Insurance Conference in Wales: "With many of the conditions for the economy to normalise now met, the point at which ...

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 ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... rules signal the government's effort to reduce a level of spending that will no longer be sustainable in the future. The Actuaries Institute placed aged care front and centre in its initial submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). It noted that ...

Super contribution caps "limited and inadequate": Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014

Top AMP exec leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... superannuation. Melinda Howes was appointed by AMP in November 2013, and prior to that she was chief executive officer of the Actuaries Institute. An AMP spokesperson told Financial Standard that the group is already searching for a replacement, both ...