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Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... legislation set two conditions for withdrawals: either the fund reaches a target asset level (as decided by the designated actuary, currently Mercer's Richard Boyfield) or the date July 2020 even if the targeted asset level hasn't been met. In ...

Diversity should not exclude white men: Thinking Ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... she thinks is much more inclusive. "People look at me and say I'm a black woman, but sometimes I just feel like an actuary," she said. "When I think of who I am I don't sit at home thinking, 'I'm so diverse'. Diversity is something ...

TAL executive jumps to MLC Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... chief financial officer of AXA Asia Life. Kent is also a fellow of the Actuaries Institute, a Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has served on several boards, both in Australia and internationally ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... AMP, BT, Zurich and MLC all registering lower risk premium inflows across 2019, according to new Plan for Life data. The actuary and research firm released the latest data on life insurance risk premium inflows and sales for the year ending September ...

Super sector to dominate by 2034

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... today's dollars) by 2034. But it's not all good news for the retail sector. That's according to the latest report from actuary house Rice Warner, which outlines its predictions for superannuation over the next 15 years. The most revealing of these predictions ...

ClearView ramps up risk, compliance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... company's deliberate strategy to increase investment risk management and compliance. These changes mean the role of chief actuary and risk officer has been split - Greg Martin has been appointed to the new position of general manager, strategy. Martin ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... retirement system. A dedicated coordinating body, with representatives from the departments of Aged Care, Australian Government Actuary, Health, Social Services, Treasury and Veterans' Affairs, should be established to make recommendations to the ...

Industry super fund adds director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... Burgess as one of the fund's three employer nominated directors. AvSuper said Burgess was a qualified and experienced actuary, who most recently worked as an investments officer at the IAG and NRMA Superannuation Plan. Chair Ben Firkins said Burgess' ...

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 ...