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StatePlus appoints new CEO, boosts board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... has three new directors: Harwood Superannuation Fund chief executive Roslyn Ramwell, Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice and ex-FSS director Trevor Carr.

Banks to follow NAB's life insurance exit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... Australian banks will follow NAB's exit from manufacturing life insurance, according to Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice. Rice's comments follow Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's issuing of the Government's response to the Life Insurance Framework ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... engage with their insurance and use it as a tool to aid that retention." This reflects Media Super deputy chief executive Michael Rooney's comments at the recent AIST Ideas Exchange - Insurance event in Sydney, when he said that his fund "saw insurance ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney this morning, Media Super deputy chief executive Michael Rooney said super funds put themselves in the position of having wider TPD definitions but maybe to their detriment. "We did ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... will come on the back of advantages the super system and fees have already delivered. Rice Warner chief executive, Michael Rice, believes there is room for passive investment as shown by QSuper who "have a very big, core, passive portfolio." Rice said ...

Why SMSFs are attractive to Gen X and Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... It is a simple product that just makes the journey so much easier for the consumer." Rice Warner chief executive, Michael Rice, said banks have never targeted their own customers for superannuation and have always sold via their wealth management subsidiaries ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... be set up for poor retirement unless the industry kills off its many myths. In his latest column for Rice Warner, Michael Rice said many proposed solutions for the super industry solve the wrong problems and it will lead to a reduction in living standards ...

Super lump sum myth debunked

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... system matures, 96% of all retirement assets will be taken as income streams by 2025," Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said. "The question is not so much about whether Australians use income stream products in retirement, but whether they are ...

Rice Warner chief supports commissions cap

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said the commission structure proposed in the Trowbridge Report is a "necessary improvement". In an article written for Rice Warner's INSIGHTS section, he noted the difficulty of changing established remuneration ...

Allow couples to hold joint super accounts: Rice Warner

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... in a newsletter last year and had positive feedback from the superannuation industry," Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said in the submission. The research company argued that joint super accounts would help member engagement and would reduce ...