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TAL hires new chief actuary

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
Life insurer TAL has appointed Fred Rowley as its new chief actuary. He will lead the company's actuarial business providing advice to the TAL executive team and board around the group's core insurance risks. Prior to joining TAL, Rowley was principal ...

New investment paradigm governed by science: Winton

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... of PhD post-grads and professors from a diverse range of disciplines including mathematics, statistics, climatology, actuarial science and - quite incredibly - extragalactic astrophysics. "Just as scientists are trying to find patterns in the cosmic ...

Consumers clueless on retirement: Bateman

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... retirement. This was the overarching message that Hazel Bateman, associate professor from the University of NSW (School of Actuarial Studies) shared with delegates attending the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) conference in Sydney yesterday. ...

Estelle Pearson Actuary of the Year

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... General Insurance Seminar, held in Sydney. The award recognises her work as a major contributor and thought leader in the actuarial profession and the insurance industry for more than 20 years, said the Actuaries Institute. In 2009, Kaise Stephan was ...

Mercer partners with superMate in SMSF market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... formed an alliance with Supercorp's cloud platform superMate to offer its clients a more efficient service to order actuarial certificates. The self managed super fund (SMSF) administration provider 'superMate' is designed to allow accountants, wealth ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... billion more than the pension providers have reported themselves, according to a new study by Milliman. The consulting and actuarial firm's first Public Pension Funding Study released today focuses on the 100 largest public defined pension plans and ...

Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Beardall said. Recently Towers Watson has been focused on developing software solutions to support its capabilities in actuarial, investment, human resources and risk management disciplines with the technology currently used by pension funds, insurers ...

Enduring baby boomers redefine retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... there are retirees in higher socio-economic groupings with better health and wealth outcomes who - based on emerging actuarial analysis - can look to a life expectancy well into their mid 90s. "Planning for retirement was never an issue before, people ...

AMP to acquire Cavendish

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... owned company consisting of three operating entities - SMSF Administration, Investment Portfolio Administration, and Actuarial Services. The AMP acquisition relates to the SMSF Administration and Investment Portfolio Administration operations. Paul Sainsbury ...

Vic to issue bonds to plug VisionSuper DB deficit

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... manages funds on behalf of public sector employees, is expected to announce a record deficit pending the results of an actuarial review currently in progress. The deficit is tipped to be as high as $400 million. VisionSuper chairman, Rob Spence, told ...