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Maritime Super picks AIA for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... for our members won't change, they'll be a savings premium and in six months when we've had a chance to work with our actuaries and AIA, we'll introduce some benefit enhancements," said Robertson. "Then, 12 months later we'll look at greater efficiencies ...

APRA stresses super client burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... pressure group insurers are under to attain and keep contracts with large super funds. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia yesterday, Trowbridge said super funds, particularly industry funds, are causing "indigestion" within the insurance ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... Japan - but more can be done to lower overall costs to the average fund member, a global study found. This year Deloitte Actuaries and Consultants released new data on how the country's largest super funds stack up compared to their overseas counterparts. ...

Channel swimmer named Actuary of the Year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia has awarded Kaise Stephan as actuary of the year for his contributions to the profession and also raising more than $160,000 for charity. Stephan is chief actuary at Munich Re and swam the English Channel in just ...

Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Institute of Actuaries of Australia is calling for the introduction of a 'personal stress test' that would measure the impact of adverse events on a person's financial position to be part of the advice process. As part of its submission to the Ripoll ...

Liquidity problem in unlisted assets overstated: RWA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... is an increase in arbitrage activity [if members switch between funds or investment choices," explained Rice Warner Actuaries (RWA) in their August 2009 Touchstone newsletter. This is why crediting rate performance reporting is suited to funds in this ...

Super assets to hit $2 trn by 2015: Deloitte

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... under six years, with industry funds and SMSFs taking the lion's share of projected post-retirement assets. Deloitte's actuaries, using the firm's superannuation model which is enhanced annually, predicted superannuation assets would reach $2 trillion ...

Regulator warns on rev mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... action taken by ASIC and the Australian Government Financial Literacy Board chaired by Clitheroe comes after Deloitte Actuaries and Consultants found the reverse mortgage market grew 8 per cent over six months to December 2008 to total outstanding funding ...

Platforms should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... director, and Annie Liao, a senior manager in the actuarial practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, told the Institute of Actuaries conference yesterday that the wealth management industry in Australia does not meet best practice benchmarks in any area of ...

Joint Committee has consumer loans in its sights

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... by commission arrangements and the role played by marketing and advertising campaigns. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries conference in Sydney yesterday, Ripoll said the area of marketing and advertising was one that "niggled" him. "We will look ...