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Netwealth welcomes new distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... distribution at Ralton Asset Management between 2007 and 2011. Earlier this month, Netwealth was recognised by Plan for Life Actuaries and Researchers as growing faster than some of its more established competitors. In percentage terms, Netwealth experienced ...

Netwealth top for FUM growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
New research from Plan For Life Actuaries & Researchers has revealed Netwealth is growing much faster than some of its more established competitors. The research found a total $37.7 billion rise in funds under management over the year to June 2019 for ...

Climate change to damage returns: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
A report released by the Actuaries Institute determines superannuation balances for millennials may reduce up to 18% due to the negative effects climate change has on long-term returns. The report written by Ramona Meyricke and Rafal Chomik, states ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... superannuation fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the retirement system, one of which involves simplifying and ...

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... industry in both her KPMG and non-executive roles, in both the listed and non-listed spaces," Griffiths said. Former Actuaries Institute president and Munich Re chief risk officer Lindsay Smartt has also joined the boards of IOOF and IOOF Investment ...

Association policy lead to join Treasury

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... billion in funds under management. The SMSFA consists of accountants, lawyers, financial planners, tax professionals and actuaries amongst others. It aims to assist SMSF trustees by providing them with education materials to assist in the running of ...

Industry super fund adds director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... investment officer to its board. Following the departure of long-serving director Andrew Cooke, AvSuper has welcomed former Actuaries Institute president Geoff Burgess as one of the fund's three employer nominated directors. AvSuper said Burgess was ...

Industry not impressed with APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... entities across the banking, insurance and superannuation industries, and 70 knowledgeable observers, including auditors, actuaries and industry associations. Despite the 2019 results broadly remaining "consistently strong", the report noted "almost ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... was a director at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. Blight-Johnston has held directorships at the Financial Services Council, Actuaries Institute of Australia, and the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance. Blight-Johnston commented ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... the updated moratorium brings Australia in line with the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Sweden. At the recent Actuaries Institute Summit in Sydney Westpac Group director of insurance, finance Jessica Chen provided insight into genetic testing ...