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Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The ongoing battle between Mercer and the Grattan Institute over superannuation rolls on, with the global financial services firm dedicating an entire report to pulling apart Grattan's "misleading" work. Releasing the report, authored by senior ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... per cent to 12 per cent," Paterson said. The Victorian senator went on to praise the recent research of the Grattan Institute, who have claimed an increase to the SG would make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetimes. Paterson said Grattan ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley announced his retirement from the think-tank after a decade in the role. Daley will be stepping down from his position when his contract finishes in July 2020. Chair of Grattan Institute Alex Chernov said ...

Grattan SG claims slammed by industry bodies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Peak superannuation bodies have forcefully rebuked the Grattan Institute's recent claim that middle-income workers would be worse off if the Superannuation Guarantee rose to 12%. Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... Lifting the Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan ...

SG below 10% fails super objective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... income and allow for some reforms to the Age Pension when the system matures." The researcher also took on the Grattan Institute's campaign for the SG to be cemented at 9.5% on the basis "higher compulsory super contributions are ultimately funded by ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The Actuaries Institute's annual summit has seen a fiery debate between the chief executive of the Grattan Institute and Mercer's David Knox over ideal retirement incomes. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley and Mercer senior partner ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Willis Towers Watson. Such schemes are also popular in Japan (96%), Canada (95%) and the Netherlands (94%). The Grattan Institute believes Australians can expect to live 82.5 years on average - a life expectancy longer than most countries like Sweden ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... full-time workers not taking into account the 46.3% of women working part-time.There is disagreement on this figure. Grattan Institute research from April this year said the average wage for all workers is $67,243, for all taxpayers that number drops ...

Income only falls by 11% in retirement: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Grattan Institute has renewed calls to scrap the Superannuation Guarantee increase as its updated projections show most Australian workers will only cop - at worst - an 11% fall in their income after retiring. The think tank updated its retirement income ...