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Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... concept. It is only 170 years old in modern terms, said Mercer's Darren Wickham in a paper he presented to a recent actuarial conference. "Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon. Retirement as a period of leisure is even more novel. Increasing lifespans ...

Pension age too low: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... Australia (CEDA). The report, written by Dr David Knox, a partner at Mercer who was previously the Foundation Professor of Actuarial Studies at the University of Melbourne, said the change is needed because maintaining a low fixed pension age despite ...

Future Fund appoints former QIC head strategist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... capability when it appointed former QIC chief strategist Tony Day as head of strategy. Day has previously held consulting and actuarial roles at Towers Perrin and AMP before spending 12 years as chief strategist at Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) ...

Russell modernising pension products

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... West has rated the Russell Private Active Pension 5 Apples, its highest rating. Steve Schubert, Russell's director of actuarial benefits and consulting, said the legislative changes combined with Australia's demographics and a changing notion of retirement ...

Russell appoints two to senior insto roles

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... appointment of a senior consultant to the alternative assets and strategies team and welcomed a senior consultant to the actuarial and benefits team. Peter Worcester joins Russell's Melbourne office as senior consultant in the alternative assets and ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... markets were down. While New Jersey State law requires the State's seven public pension plans to be funded according to actuarial standards, over the last decade the State Legislature has passed, with various governors signing off on, a series of amendments ...

Sunsuper chief passes baton

... Luke. Lally is an actuary and an Olympian cyclist. He was previously based in Japan where he spearheaded Deloitte's actuarial consulting business. Prior to joining Deloitte, he was head of retail, Asia Pacific, for Deutsche Asset Management. Those with ...

Reverse mortgage sector picking up pace

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
In the first comprehensive study undertaken on the Australian reverse mortgage industry, actuarial firm Trowbridge Deloitte reported that the sector had doubled its value in the last 18 months as the reverse mortgage products gained traction. The study ...

Rice Warner adds to team

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... 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 Sydney actuarial firm. Weatherhead will focus on the ...

Schroders welcomes new CEO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... tremendous opportunity to continue to grow the business." Prior to joining Schroders in 2000, Cooper was head of the actuarial and asset consulting practice at Towers Perrin Hong Kong.