IAN LAUGHLIN   How can it be that institutions spend huge amounts of money, resources and intellect on managing risk, and still find themselves being castigated by the press, politicians and ...RAEWYN WILLIAMS   Industry, public sector and corporate superannuation funds are finding their myriad stakeholders are a difficult group to please. First, there are members who may be, collectively ...

DWS *   Part one of this paper, published last week, looked at the risk indicators developed by Four Twenty Seven and used in their modelling to obtain physical climate risk score, which ...DWS *   This white paper provides some of the tools that investors need to more accurately monitor and address the physical effects of climate change on investment portfolios. The objective ...

LINDA BRUCE   Personal insurance policies, such as death, total & permanent disability (TPD) and income protection insurance, are often held within super. In fact, more than 70 per cent of personal ...EMMA RAPAPORT   On Monday March 7, 2016, the Australian life insurance sector changed forever. With his back to camera, former CommInsure chief medical officer turned whistleblower, Dr Benjamin ...

PHILIPPA THOMPSON   Today's buy-side leaders know they need a clear, compelling vision to stay competitive. Balancing the challenges in pursuit of that vision is not a trivial task. Attracting new ...ANDREW GRAY   Cyber-attacks on financial institutions are becoming more frequent, complex and sophisticated, with potential for far-reaching, systemic impacts.

RAEWYN WILLIAMS   "...gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich." - Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-84) Superannuation funds in Australia will rightly be pleased with the average double-digit investment ...SAM HIGGIE   1. Retirement in Australia: yesterday, today and tomorrow Australia's superannuation system - the Superannuation Guarantee - is now in its 25th year. By almost all measures ...

DANIEL BUTLER   The Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure On Housing Affordability Measures No. 1) Act 2017 (Cth) , which introduces downsizer contributions and the First Home Super Saver ...PATRICK GARRETT   Technology and automation are driving rapid changes to the super industry. The emergence of low-cost SMSF administrators has considerably reduced the costs and complexity of setting ...

GUY MCKANNA   There is a range of trends, themes and issues that our industry will need to address this year. Improving environment, but increasing challenges The majority of respondents expect ...JIM HENNINGTON   Life expectancy is a statistical indication of how long a person may live as opposed to an estimate of how long they will live. It is typically based on their year of birth, current ...