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 ...

JEREMY TAYLOR   Environmental regulation is escalating Stringent regulations that focus on environmental disclosures, limits, and targets have grown over the past two decades. In early 2017, over ...PETER CHIAPPINELLI   Once perceived as misfits for investors, multi-asset class strategies are now used for all sorts of portfolio solutions. Not too long ago, investors, consultants, and advisers ...

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 ...

ROSS ISRAEL   Each generation appears to think that changes experienced in their time are the most dramatic in history. Everything is said to be "bigger, faster, best/worst, unprecedented" and ...LUKE NARDELLA   Question 1: Are you the hunter or the hunted? You'd be forgiven for thinking that 2017 was the Australian superannuation sector's very own "annus horribilis." After 26 years and ...

DAVID ORFORD   Ever since the introduction of Australian Life Tables by the Australian Government Actuary in the 1880s, the longevity of Australians has been consistently improving. Fast forward ...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 ...

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 ...

PAUL O'BRIEN   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 ...DOUG MCBIRNIE   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 ...