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Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... (which created First State Super, now Aware) and the proposed merger between Media Super and Cbus. Rice and actuary David Knox have both been active in public policy discussions on superannuation. Rice Warner said that in 1996 Knox and Rice met with ...

Mercer calls for delay to super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... mechanism slated to come into effect from July 1. In opening, Mercer senior partner and national leader for research David Knox echoed the sentiments of the firm's submission that the current draft bills are light on detail in many respects, including ...

SG increase will be deferred: Knox

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... deferred again as the nation continues to struggle with the effects of COVID-19, according to Mercer senior partner David Knox. Speaking at the All Actuaries Virtual Summit, Knox said he believes there is a good chance the planned increase of SG will ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... session is available for viewing, a discussion about the adequacy of the superannuation guarantee between Mercer's David Knox, John Daley of the Grattan Institute, HESTA head of impact Mary Delahunty and Per Capita executive director Emma Dawson. The ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... and increasing the Superannuation Guarantee from 9.5% to 12% as currently legislated. The report's author, Mercer's David Knox, noted the flexibility afforded to Australians upon receipt of their retirement benefit at retirement, but stopped short of ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... an entire report to pulling apart Grattan's "misleading" work. Releasing the report, authored by senior partner David Knox, Mercer concluded the think tank's work in the politically-charged arena was "very misleading" and made several assumptions ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... laughter at the recent Actuaries Institute Summit in Sydney. UNSW associate professor Anthony Asher, Mercer senior actuary David Knox and Rice Warner founder Michael Rice took to the stage towards the end of the conference to offer a range of options ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... 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 David Knox debated ...

New Bill bolsters retirement income

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... fair and appropriate means test outcomes for all pooled lifetime income stream products, Mercer said. Senior partner David Knox added the legislation paves the way forward to secure long-term retirement income. "Superannuation funds and financial services ...

Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... sustainability score may have been quite low and vice versa. Author of the study and senior partner at Mercer Australia, David Knox, said striking the right balance is of the utmost importance in creating a world class pension system. "It's a challenge ...