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ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... cadetship at the Australian Taxation Office. He later completed a PhD in economics at La Trobe, and a master's in public policy at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has worked at the Treasury as a fiscal strategy specialist, and the department ...

MetLife appoints former Premier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
MetLife Australia has announced the appointment of head of external affairs and public policy, hiring from the Finance Sector Unit (FSU). Nathan Rees is set to take on the new role at MetLife leaving his previous position at the FSU where he was the ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... expand their remit, taking on greater and more diverse roles in managing risk. "We must continue to lead in areas of public policy where we have the insight to create real change," he said. "We need to continue to strengthen relationships with governments ...

Home ownership shouldn't be at expense of super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... comfortable retirement it should not be an issue for the superannuation system. "There is an old saying that there is no public policy problem for which the superannuation system hasn't been singled out as the solution," Cooper said. "I'm dead against ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... established a fact base that will improve understanding of how the retirement income system operates, better informing public policy and the retirement outcomes delivered to Australians. Frydenberg stopped short of confirming that the legislated superannuation ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... Miller said the project follows the RBA's previous declaration that stated there does not seem to be a strong public policy case for issuance in Australia. "We see vast potential for a wholesale central bank digital currency and in particular this ...

Actuary of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... together more than 80 actuaries, who volunteered to assess the potential impact of the pandemic on the profession, public policy, business and the community. A Pandemic Resource Centre was established by the group to help actuaries support their companies ...

Taper rates need revamp

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... access to financial advice and information. This is according to Rice Warner chief executive and Actuaries Institute Public Policy Council Committee Andrew Boal in a paper titled 'Spending in retirement and the taper rate' published by the Actuaries ...

FPA confirms redundancies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... "This new structure will enable the FPA to focus on the core areas outlined in the MAC strategy - member engagement, public policy advocacy and consumer education," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. "As our five-year strategic plan was finalised ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... weakest fund, with just 2.5 years of assets to fund benefits. According to Kentucky's Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions chair Aaron Ammerman, this particular fund is at a level no public pension has ever recovered from. Other funds ...