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LGsuper backs governance changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... brings their own specialist skills and expertise," Morris said. "In our case, the additional finance, investment and actuarial experience they bring to the table make an already good board stronger. Furthermore, this complements the in-depth local government ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... end users to automate data entry, prepopulate work papers and build other time saving tools. An example is preparing actuarial certificates. He said use of APIs has grown at a significant rate over the past few years and growth for the business is likely ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Total risk market inflows are up 9.5% to $14.5 billion in the year to March 2015. Research by actuarial firm Plan for Life shows that individual risk lump sum premium inflows accounted for the majority of the total, with $6.4 billion coming in during ...

Retirees can increase their withdrawal rate: Milliman

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Actuarial consulting firm Milliman believes there are retirees who could comfortably increase their standard withdrawal rate by at least 50% per annum. A recent Milliman paper, 'The 6% Rule', aims to answer how retirees can provide for themselves and ...

Suncorp advice exec goes to Equipsuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... executive officer, liability management. Troy Rieck has held numerous positions at Suncorp, including portfolio manager, actuarial analyst and most recently executive manager, investment advice. At QIC he moved from portfolio management roles to head ...

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 superannuation assets are withdrawn as a lump sum when members hit retirement, recent analysis from Rice Warner shows.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 ...