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How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... gender inequality in retirement was met with silence and then laughter at the recent Actuaries Institute Summit in Sydney. UNSW associate professor Anthony Asher, Mercer senior actuary David Knox and Rice Warner founder Michael Rice took to the stage ...

University to probe reverse mortgages

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... markets have been expanding rapidly to provide access to home equity to fund retirement." "We're delighted to work with UNSW Business School to understand the needs of Australian retirees and how we can improve access to home equity to improve retirement ...

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... the three months to December 2018. Consumer spending grew at 0.4% in the quarter. GDP per capita shrunk in both Q3 and Q4. UNSW Business School's Richard Holden labelled the GDP is "very poor" and should be much more than the current headline level. ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Industry groups for women help narrow the gender gap in senior management by providing executive education scholarships for women in finance and superannuation. On Wednesday, Women in Super announced its 2019 scholarship program in partnership with ...

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... designated as 'enforceable code provisions'," the report said today. "No more special treatment for life insurers" UNSW Business School's commercial law and regulation professor Pamela Hanrahan said the final report's life insurance recommendations ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... monetary compensation from the firm is also required. Twenty other Australian regulators rely on EUs. Leading the study, UNSW Centre for Law Markets and Regulation director Dimity Kingsford-Smith said the researchers did not anticipate that a majority ...

Northern Trust appoints head of quant

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
The global asset manager has hired a Russell Investments research director in a newly-created role, as it expands its Australian business. Scott Bennett will now head Northern Trust's Australia and New Zealand quantitative research and client solutions ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... Association (AIMA) general manager Michael Gallagher worked with a university student to create the student-run hedge fund at UNSW, helping set up operations with industry providers. Australian Students Asset Management (ASAM) is the brain child of UNSW ...

CBA Group Super appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... across strategy and operations and over 12 years of experience operating at leadership level," Carmichael said. Dias is a UNSW graduate with a Bachelor's degree in mathematics, science and commerce. She is also a postgraduate financial analyst from the ...

Default options safeguard retirement savings: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... limitations, we need to consider whether the choice architecture of superannuation can cope," CEPAR chief investigator at UNSW Business School, Professor Hazel Bateman said. The report states: "Defaults may be a good alternative to address poor decision-making ...