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FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
A new wave of retirees is learning that years of accumulation need further thought. Darren Snyder reports. A recent Commonwealth Bank media roundtable showed projections by Rice Warner that Australia's retirement market would reach more than $1.4 trillion ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... years, had a material relationship" with the super licensee. BT Financial Group general manager superannuation, Melinda Howes, said as a compulsory industry there is an obligation to ensure super funds "adhere to the highest standards of governance ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... regularly from the product, but it needs to withstand any capital hit caused by market corrections." As a result of this, Howes says, retirees can suffer the "double whammy" of severe capital depreciation and the ongoing necessity of capital draws for ...

AMP recruits NAB executive to head product, strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... search. NAB former general manager of retail wealth platforms Dean Thomas joins AMP today. The role was last held by Melinda Howes, who joined AMP in August 2013 and left in June 2014 to take over the role of BT Financial Group general manager of superannuation. ...

The second FS Power50 list unveiled

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Social media is the epicentre of new ideas and innovation in financial services industry and this years' edition of the FS Power50 features the top 50 individuals in Australia leading this conversation. The second edition of the FS Power50 is a completely ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed existing board member Dave Oliver as deputy chair following the departure of Paul Howes, who left the fund's board in July. The vacant board position left by Howes, meanwhile, has been filled by Howes' successor as national ...

Top AMP exec leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... product, strategy and services has left the group to join BT Financial Group as general manager of superannuation. Melinda Howes was appointed by AMP in November 2013, and prior to that she was chief executive officer of the Actuaries Institute. An AMP ...

Howes to leave AustralianSuper board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Prominent unionist Paul Howes has signalled his intention to step down as a board member of AustralianSuper, a spokesperson for the fund has confirmed. The news comes after Howes announced in March that he would step down as secretary of Australian ...

Robertson and Wadell out in AMP reshuffle

HARRY PAGE, ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... retirement and platform investment products. Former Actuaries Institute chief executive and industry commentator Melinda Howes, who moved to AMP in November, has been appointed director of product strategy and services. The Advice and Banking division ...

AMP restructure to lead to job cuts

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... retirement and platform investment products. Former Actuaries Institute chief executive and industry commentator Melinda Howes, who moved to AMP in November, has been appointed director of product strategy and services. The Advice and Banking division ...