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Lay-by age pension to plug savings gap

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... products. A panel of industry experts from Mercer, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Watson Wyatt gathered at an Institute of Actuaries briefing last week to discuss the ideas they submitted to the Harmer Review to help policy makers address the problems ...

Planners to behave like CFOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... to more holistic advice to clients, much like how CFO would work with a chief executive. Speaking at an Institute of Actuaries of Australia meeting, Mulcare said this involves sourcing and managing relationships with other executives across areas such ...

Retail fund fights back

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... differences between default retail and industry super funds centres on performance, but Rubinsztein said at an Institute of Actuaries of Australia seminar, that approach is not comparing like for like. "Why are [retail super funds] underperforming? The ...

Wickham wins actuary of the year

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Darren Wickham has won the title of Actuary of the Year 2008 by the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. Greg Martin, president of the institute, conferred the award in recognition of Wickam's dedication and contribution to his profession, particularly ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... decide if the fundamental purpose of the age pension is to reduce poverty or to replace income, argues the Institute of Actuaries (IA) in a new discussion paper. The paper, New Ideas for Age Pension Reform, outlines a series of policy and tactical options ...

We need a fairness test: ASIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... Cooper, deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at a joint Institute of Actuaries of Australia and Financial Services Institute of Australiasia (FINSIA) lunch yesterday, Cooper said it's surprising to ...

Sub-prime boosts actuary profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... and financial services sector as a result of the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, according to Greg Martin, Institute of Actuaries of Australia president. "We are seeing enterprise risk management (ERM) roles proliferate across the financial services sector ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... months. The group includes Jo-Anne Bloch, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive; John Maroney, Institute of Actuaries of Australia chief executive; Rosemary Vilgan, Qsuper chief executive and Richard Gilbert, Investment and Financial Services ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... was down 12 points to 6490. Today, the results from the AOFM bond tender are announced, the Australian Institute of Actuaries Biennial Convention continues in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the second day of the Reserve Mortgage Forum is held in Sydney. ...

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 ...