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COVID support temporarily improves inequality

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Australians narrowed after a seven-year widening streak but the improved fortunes of the young may be short-lived, says the Actuaries Institute. Calling it "a year like no other", Actuaries Institute's Intergenerational Equity Index says younger Australians ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... to be done to improve their retirement outcomes. Paying super on paid parental leave is an easy and obvious fix." The Actuaries Institute said the budget had not leveraged the Retirement Income Review report's findings. "...such as measures to help ...

MLC Life hires general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... portfolio management, working at firms that include Commonwealth Bank, RGA and Munich Re. She is currently the chair of Actuaries Institute of Australia's international committee for the. She was previously chair of the International Actuarial Association ...

Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... income products, invoking the industry to come together and find a solution by the end of the year. Speaking at the 2021 Actuaries Summit on Wednesday, Jim Minto reflected on the "broken" state of disability income benefits, which are increasingly becoming ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... advisers, proposing new penalties and sanctions for those who have breached their obligations. It will also apply for actuaries, stockbrokers and insurers where they are providing personal financial advice. The draft legislation also introduces the highly ...

Frontier zeroes in on poor culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... manager research. The findings will be published in an upcoming paper, What lurks in the shadows?. In the same vein, the Actuaries Institute is calling out the poor behaviour of executives of big companies. Former Actuaries Institute president Barry ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
The Actuaries Institute has named a partner at KPMG as its new president. Jefferson Gibbs takes over from Hoa Bui, who was appointed to the post in January 2020. Gibbs is a partner at KPMG specialising in general insurance. He joined the firm in October ...

Sydney boutique hires former Franklin PM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... sustainability focus. Wilmshurst is a past president of the CFA Society's Melbourne chapter, and a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. "...Peter is joining us at the beginning of a decade in which we will see sustainability dramatically ...

Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Less than 1.5% of gig economy workers are contributing to a superannuation account, a new report from the Actuaries Institute reveals. That's a key finding from the Actuaries Institute report, which also found that even when they do make contributions ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
An Actuaries Institute Taskforce has made sweeping recommendations for broad changes to Australia's retail disability income insurance market, including providing examples of Best Interest Duty in life insurance. The report said ASIC included in ...