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What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... final report expected to be handed down today, all eyes are on its findings. Here's what Rice Warner and Grattan Institute are expecting from it. A draft of the report was not circulated for stakeholder comment and the review has relied on modelling ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
The Grattan Institute has warned that now is not the time to enact sweeping reforms as the nation battles the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief executive of the Grattan Institute John Daley said policy priorities need to reflect the new ...

At least $70bn more in stimulus needed: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... fiscal stimulus over the next two years if it wants to return the economy to full employment, a new report from Grattan Institute says. The $70 billion to $90 billion required accounts for 3% to 4% of the GDP. And it is on top of the $160 billion that ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... 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 session offered panel members the chance ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
New Grattan Institute analysis estimates up to 3.4 million Australians could soon be out of work. The think-tank's latest analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic predicts that between 14 and 26% of Australian workers could be out of a job within ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... like the central bank lending to superannuation funds at zero interest rates using their assets as collateral. Grattan Institute program director Brendan Coates says the Future Fund does not support tapping into the Future Fund to pay for early release ...

Extended lockdown could spur worst recession on record: Grattan

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... could spur Australia's worst recession since the Second World War, if not the Great Depression, according to the Grattan Institute's Brendan Coates. In an op-ed for The Conversation, the Institute's household finances program director said while a three-month ...

Early release to bite retirement hard

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... said. The government's early release provisions have been largely supported by some stakeholders such as Grattan Institute and the Financial Services Council. However, it has also been panned by others including Industry Super Australia and Labor ...

Early release better than SG freeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... early release twice by the end of the year, they might slip close to their life insurance opt-in threshold. Grattan Institute household finances program director Brendan Coates said while he can't comment on the insurance implications, $10,000 is ...

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 ...