"Tout soldat français porte dans sa giberne le bâton de maréchal de France—Every private in the French army carries a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack." Thus said French Emperor Napoleon I. An Australian Defence Force recruit was injured in a motor vehicle accident. His earnings at...
We have identified some common fallacies prevalent in the retirement village industry concerning the valuation of managers' interests in villages. Click here to read a .pdf paper describing them. Click here to see the services that the practice offers to owners, investors and potential residents...
Andep director, Dennis Barton, posted the following to a LinkedIn discussion entitled "Should retirement products focus not only on managing investment related risks but consumption related risk?" Super is indeed only one part of the picture. It’s not well publicised, but there is a similarity between the retirement...
A dispute arose around an oyster farm. The task was to project the income that the farm would have produced but for an interruption in its operations. It involved oyster birth, mortality and harvest rates and market conditions....
Husband had a superannuation pension, which included a right to a widow's pension for his young second Wife. Divorce destroys the right to the widow's pension. The Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations value pension rights allowing for reversionary pensions if the Member Spouse remarries. They do not...
A dispute arose between the vendor and purchaser of a cattle station when a post sale muster revealed fewer than expected cattle. There had not been a muster for several years before the sale and the price was based on an estimate of the carried stock....
Grandma passed away leaving a Dad a life interest in the family home. On Dad's death, his daughter, brother and nieces and nephews were to share the remainder interest, except if they died, the next generation took their shares. The task was to value everyone's share...
One man had an idea for an innovative business venture and another had the capital. They had a loose agreement that the inventor would devote himself full time to the project and the investor would fund it. The inventor wound down an already successful business and started...
Our total and permanent disbility (TPD) model is used to examine the performance of TPD insurers Please phone us on (08) 9225 5899 to learn more about our TPD Experience Model. Alternatively email Barton@actuary.com.au to request a copy of the spreadsheet to populate....
Our principal actuary Dennis Barton lectures at Curtin University of Technology. Click here to download a copy of Dennis' most recent lecture....