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Howes to join AMP wealth management business

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
Melinda Howes, the departing chief executive of the Actuaries Institute is set to take a position with AMP in its wealth management business. While her reporting line is still being finalised due to internal restructures within AMP, her title will be ...

Actuaries Institute recruiting after CEO resignation

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
The Actuaries Institute hopes to make a new chief executive appointment within the coming months, after the resignation of current head Melinda Howes. Howes was the chief executive of the Actuaries Institute for nearly four years and resigned yesterday. ...

Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... all interested parties, from the larger funds that they represent through to smaller funds, SMSFs, financial planners, actuaries, investment consultants and many more." Currently, ASFA fills the role of impartial super industry body. But now the ISN ...

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... women's wages would not be enough in itself to solve the problem. Earlier this week, actuarial consultants Rice Warner Actuaries achieved some fanfare with an announcement they would increase their employer-paid contribution for female staff by an extra ...

FSC appoints new chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... his investment career in 1992 and has worked in Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK. He is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia and is ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. "Peter's guidance and support of the Financial ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... you have a clear understanding of the potential risks you're facing, and how to manage and mitigate those risks. Our actuaries provide critical information and advice," Russell chief executive Asia Pacific Alan Schoenheimer said. "The traditional role ...

Advisers face shrinking market as super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... service providers of the smaller fund will lose out," she said. These service providers include accountants, lawyers, actuaries and financial advisers. While 'economies of scale' are generally said to benefit members, particularly of not-for-profit industry ...

Retail managed funds' fortune set to slide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... quarter, but this growth is likely to be undone by a poor June quarter, according to figures released by Plan For Life Actuaries & Researchers. Overall retail managed funds grew by $24 billion in the first quarter of 2013, with AMP growing at the fastest ...

Rice Warner nabs former Pillar COO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Rice Warner Actuaries have beefed up their superannuation consulting practice with two key appointments. Former Pillar COO Gary Cox, will on focus on member service offerings, including online calculators, member benefit projections. He will also work ...

Retirees could benefit from a vibrant annuities market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
At the Actuaries Summit held in Sydney this week, Professor Anthony Asher of the Actuaries Institute's Retirement Income Working Group stressed the need to develop a "vibrant annuity market", in line with much of the rest of the world. "It's very difficult ...