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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... Melbourne, Mirrabooka Investments Ltd is to hold its annual general meeting. Day two of the four-day Australian Institute of Actuaries Biennial Convention will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Australian share market closed in negative territory ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... avoiding future property group collapses, but better structured and scalable regulation might be, said the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA). Greg Martin, IAA senior vice president, said better labelling of product types may also be required. ...

Debenture devil in the detail

... information on historical and current default arrears of the underlying loan portfolios. Meanwhile, the Institute of Actuaries of Australia John Maroney went as far as suggesting that ASIC should consider a re-labelling of the sector. "To elderly investors ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... 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 master trusts ...

Russell appoints two to senior insto roles

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... said. "For many of our larger clients this means providing access to advice from experience investment consultants and actuaries to allow those funds to build leading edge investment portfolios and to effectively manage their superannuation liabilities. ...

Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... 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 life insurance ...

Member investment arbitraging hits GESB: reports

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... advantage of 'loopholes' in unit pricing processes to boost their returns. Wayne Walker, founding director of Buttler Walker Actuaries & Consultants said, "Ten years ago it used to be that people couldn't pour money in and out of the fund because you ...

Unit pricing not always best: Buttler Walker

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... standard for how super funds report investment returns, interest rate based approaches can be just as robust, argue actuaries Buttler Walker. In a just released comment paper, Buttler Walker said, "It is important to appreciate that unit pricing and ...

Understand the dependencies and get unit pricing right

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... control systems and to fully understand the inter-dependencies involved in the process. Speaking at an Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) special unit pricing briefing earlier this month, Jules Gribble of Askit Consulting said unit pricing can ...

Asteron ramps up insurance and income protection

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... protection for small business owners and self-employed workers. The move is in response to research conducted by Rice Walker Actuaries who estimated that 69 per cent of self-employed or small business owners do not have any form of income protection. ...