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Sydney portfolio manager on best female fundies list

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... period. "Managers are then ranked using a points-based system based on Citywire's ratings methodology, approved by actuary AKG, which calculates a manager's three-year risk-adjusted performance to produce the manager ratio (MR)," Citywire said. ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... for Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Japan. Between 2004 and 2007, she was chief financial officer and appointed actuary at life insurer Asteron, and was a director at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. Blight-Johnston has held directorships at the Financial ...

Frontier adds consultant from WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... Mercer's New Zealand operations committee and was alternative chair of the investment committee. Newfield is also a qualified actuary, having studied at the University of Witwatersrand and is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Actuaries. Newfield ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... 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 towards the end of the conference to offer a range of options ...

Rice Warner names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... He is also a former councillor of the Actuaries Institute. Boal joined WTW in November 1991 as a senior consultant of actuary and head of retirement, and served in several senior roles over his 27-year tenure, including managing director of Australia ...

APRA receives new super powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... members; if they fail to meet liabilities; or face material financial deterioration. It can also remove an auditor or an actuary and address certain financial risks. Deputy chair Helen Rowell said APRA could only previously direct a trustee after a contravention ...

SuperConcepts chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... at Zurich Financial Services and Royal & SunAlliance. Fenech spoke to Financial Standard about how she left a career in actuary to climb the ranks. SuperConcepts chair Richard Grellman said: "Natasha's results speak volumes about the five-year strategic ...

Nikko appoints AIST director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Nikko Asset Management has appointed an AIST and Tasplan Super director to its boards. Naomi Edwards is a trained actuary and will serve as a non-executive on the boards of Nikko Asset Management Australia Limited and Nikko AM Limited, also chairing ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... nine years, will be replaced by chief operating officer Craig Orton, who joined in February. Chief financial officer and actuary Jenny Andrews will also depart after almost five years with the company. The departures come as part of a restructure, following ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... the council did "not as such," and added outbound calling may be legitimate given the right boundaries. ClearView chief actuary and risk officer Gregory Martin did suggest to the Commission that the sale of direct life insurance via outbound calling ...