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Majority of Aussies want SG rise: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... support the superannuation guarantee rising to 12% by 2025. The results were that 75% support the scheduled increase in the SG rate to 12%, while 12% said the rate should remain unchanged at 9.5% and 13% said they were unsure. "Without question, Australians ...

Super remains grossly inequitable: Per Capita

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... call on the government to work with us to improve outcomes for women." The paper added that opponents of increasing the SG rate to 12% argue that most retirees in Australia enjoy a more affluent lifestyle in retirement than they do during their working ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... they will all be bigger and much stronger than the funds existing today," Rice Warner said. Grattan bets on super tax, SG rate For Grattan Institute, the focus will be on superannuation tax breaks and SG contributions. Grattan Institute household finances ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... alternate modelling. In its submission to the Retirement Income Review (RIR), ISA said its modelling is evidence that a 12% SG rate will change average annual disposable incomes during the whole of adult life. "At a whole adult life level, disposable ...

Industry super steps up SG campaign as RBA weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... to 12% by 2025. According to independent research undertaken by UMR, Australians are mostly unaware of both the current SG rate, and its scheduled increase to 12%. "Research shows just 32% of people are aware of the current super rate of 9.5%, while ...

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... with no "one-size-fits-all" answer to a problem which has plagued the industry for as long as it's existed. "A single SG rate is a blunt instrument being applied against a background of significant member heterogeneity, along with a marked sensitivity ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... grow more slowly. This indicates a slight positive correlation between wages growth and changes in employers' minimum SG rate," the report said. The research concludes that winding back SG increases is not a fix to Australia's languishing wage ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... point in time. "Unfortunately, most of the public discourse tends to focus on single issues at a point in time. Should the SG rate go to 12%? Is the means test a disincentive to save? Do tax concessions reduce the cost of the Age Pension? Will adequate ...

Labor commits $400m to gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... top-up for some low balance accounts; and the alignment of the Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset with scheduled (2021) SG rate and second tax threshold increases, ISA added.

ESG bond portfolio opens to Aussie investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
A Scottish manager is offering a new ESG fixed income fund to institutional investors in Australia, beginning with $135 million in assets under management. The Cameron Hume Global Fixed Income ESG Fund will hold securities from issuers that the specialist ...