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Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... Australians who pay advisers by commission risk overpaying for services 13 times too much, according to a new report by Rice Warner Actuaries. Financial advisers who received commissions could earn up to 13 times more than those who were remunerated ...

National clearing house shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... transacted. "Payments are treated like payroll, which makes the process much more efficient," said Rosenthal. Research by Rice Warner Actuaries argues this method could save the industry $14 billion in administration costs over the next decade. Rosenthal ...

QSuper appoints investment committee

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... services sector, specialising in actuarial and management consultancy and is the founder and managing director of Rice Warner Actuaries. Ian Macoun is the second member to be appointed to the investment team. He is currently chairman of a number of companies ...

Master trusts and industry funds drive risk growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
Employer master trusts and industry funds will provide more risk insurance over the next 15 years, according to Rice Warner Actuaries research. The actuary's research found life risk insurance sold within employer master trusts is expected to grow at ...

Right advice delivers $1.7m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... comfortable retirement (62 per cent). Society as a whole will also receive a cut of the cake. Michael Rice, director of Rice Warner Actuaries who prepared the report for the FPA, suggests that almost everyone using advice will be better off, and by extrapolation ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... driving down fees, however recent Rainmaker data paints a different picture. The IFSA figures to June 2006, collected by Rice Warner Actuaries, show average annual super fees dropping industry-wide, with the largest reductions occurring in corporate ...

Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). The sales increase comes after a major study by TNS consulting and Rice Warner Actuaries into the scale of underinsurance in mid-2005 showed only 4% of those with dependent children have adequate ...

Rice Warner adds to team

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
Rice Warner Actuaries has added a new principal to its group through the appointment of a former senior AMP actuary and manager. Richard Weatherhead, formerly AMP head of actuarial risk products and development, has joined the newly separated and renamed ...

Super changes drive up bottom line: Rice Walker

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... per cent above previous estimates by the year 2020. Speaking at a seminar at Parliament House yesterday, director of Rice Warner, Michael Rice, said the group estimates the superannuation market will be worth up to 16 per cent more than the figure estimated ...