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Super lump sum myth debunked

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... superannuation assets are withdrawn as a lump sum when members hit retirement, recent analysis from Rice Warner shows. The actuarial firm analysed information from more than 10 million member records representing over $55 billion in assets to create ...

Lonsec launches modelling tool

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... to help advisers model goals and outcomes for individual clients. The 'Goals-Based Analysis (GBA) tool', is backed by actuarial research and allows financial advisers to analyse different investment strategies based on the client's time frames and goals. ...

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... Blakey first worked at IBM but soon developed an interest in mathematics and statistics. She then decided to pursue an actuarial career and joined an insurance company that acted as a consulting actuary for South African pension funds. "The industry ...

Brightstone to provide model portfolios with NetActuary

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Advisory and research firm Brightstone Capital Advisors has partnered with actuarial group NetActuary to create model portfolios for retirees. In addition to the portfolios, the partnership will create "analytical tools and strategies" delivered through ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... successful. Echoing this in his SKY News interview, McClure gave examples where the New Zealand government calculates an actuarial estimate of the welfare costs for high risk welfare recipients, and this is then used as the basis of deciding whether ...

Franklin Templeton recruits Towers Watson consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... from Towers Watson. Felicity Walsh was previously part of Towers Watson's investment consulting team in Sydney and its actuarial consulting team in the UK, Walsh will report to K2 Advisors managing director Samuel Mann and expand Franklin Templeton's ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... the superannuation landscape - including establishment, portfolio administration, accounting and compliance, audit, actuarial, financial planning, research, analytics, modelling and trade execution - has been phenomenal. In practice, the SMSF trustee ...

AMP Capital joins retirement education portal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... these issues as well as help build and broaden understanding among advisers and their clients. Launched in late 2013, actuarial consulting firm Milliman has assisted in the portal's development. The company's Australian financial risk management practice ...

Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... insurance and executive remuneration. He has also held senior management roles with QBE and Suncorp. In 1981 he started actuarial firm Trowbridge Consulting which merged with Deloitte in 2000. "The ASIC report points to some important issues for consumers ...

PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... that he is, in his own words, a Toronto boy. Born and bred in the eastern part of the city, he studied commerce and actuarial science at the University of Toronto. His first job was as an actuary at life insurance company Canada Life. It was there that ...