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ANU to help determine fate of SG increase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... will examine how the superannuation system affects pre-retirement behaviour. Critics of the SG increase, like Grattan Institute, argue it will curb already stagnate wages growth. In February this year Grattan's director of household finances, Brendan ...

Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Grattan Institute's submission to the Retirement Income Review has kicked off a war of words after it said a reduction in fees charged to super members would be more impactful than an uplift in the superannuation guarantee, and that ASFA's comfortable ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... shouting at each other? I think that's one of the things that hopefully will be recognised," he says. Weighing in, Grattan Institute program director Brendan Coates says it should come as no shock to see stakeholders nail their colours to the mast. "I ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... lower income earners would only see a rise of 1.8%. Brendan Coates, program director, household finances, at Grattan Institute rejected ISA's modelling saying its research assumes only 70% of the cost of higher compulsory super comes from lower wages. ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum, Grattan Institute budget policy and institutional reform program director Danielle Wood explained the much touted federal government surplus may not be all it was cracked up to be. Wood focused ...

SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Grattan Institute has again weighed into the ongoing debate over the necessity of the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee. In a new research paper, Grattan claims workers "overwhelmingly" pay for increases to the super guarantee through ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... Australia's languishing wage growth. Grattan made "arguments by echo chamber" Earlier this year, Melbourne-based Grattan Institute garnered attention when it argued that an SG increase would leave Australians worse off. Stanford's paper says ...

Grattan modelling flawed, misleading: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
Phil Gallagher and Bruce Bastian said the average worker will receive around $50,000 more than the Grattan Institute's "flawed and misleading analysis." ISA said modelling done by Grattan is based on dubious assumptions that "don't stack up" and there ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Grattan's report arguing Aussies retire with enough and government should scrap increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% was "broadly consistent" with Treasury's own modelling, staff emails show. In November, Grattan said most workers ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... "notorious for being poorly researched or presented without context", going on to lambaste both Challenger and the Grattan Institute - whom Rice Warner has engaged in an ongoing battle with recently over the SG - for their recent research efforts. "Challenger ...