Buttler Walker Actuaries and Consultants ('Buttler Walker') has merged with Deloitte as of 1 December 2006. Buttler Walker brings to Deloitte a specialist management and actuarial consultancy with a strong focus on superannuation as well as wider capabilities and experience within the broader financial services industry.

With the expected rapid growth in superannuation assets and the convergence of sectors of the financial services industry around the issues of the ageing population, it is important that Deloitte is able to provide depth and breadth of services that address our client’s market needs.

Deloitte’s superannuation consulting practice includes assurance, actuarial, regulatory compliance, risk, tax, forensic and consulting. With specialist skills in key areas such as audit, tax, planning and compliance, fraud detection, unit pricing, and risk management, we can assist clients to meet the challenges in the current dynamic market.

Deloitte’s superannuation business centres on reviews that align super to today's business realities and on specialist advice in critical circumstances such as M&A, fund termination, and asset/contribution strategies. Deloitte’s experience combined with market knowledge and independence is the basis for our superannuation work.

Deloitte’s superannuation consultancy services include:

• product design and research
• supplier selection and management
• review and benchmarking of supplier services and renegotiations of terms, fees and conditions
• operational reviews e.g. unit pricing systems and processes
• expert testimony in legal matters
• project management in implementing change programs
• compliance assessment
• policy committee assistance
• access to a major research database of superannuation funds, industry products, and services
• actuarial services.