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FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... readiness varies a lot between funds; it depends on the members' balances, salary level and sector," Mercer senior partner David Knox says. He explains that superannuation funds tend to respond quickly and effectively when Mercer flags that their member's ...

Mercer launches retirement adequacy index

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... put into a green, amber or red zone, and funds are scored out of 100 for their overall results. Mercer senior partner David Knox said: "Our traffic light system of tracking retirement readiness is simple and accessible but it can identify very serious ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... hosting a National Small Business Summit Brisbane. Origin Energy managing director Grant King, Santos chief executive David Knox, EnergyAustralia MD Richard McIndoe, and BG Group Australia chairman Catherine Tanna are slated to participate in an AFR ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... provided to Australians are lower than five of the eight countries," said Mercer senior partner and report author Dr David Knox. The research models the effect of different tax systems showing the present value of the after-tax retirement benefit for ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... futures contract was up 12 points at 4,360. No major economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Santos CEO David Knox, International Energy Agency executive director Maria van der Hoeven and General Manager of Energy Industry Analysis at ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... has made small gains in the last year, with the Pension Index value increasing from 75.0 in 2011 to 75.7 in 2012. Dr David Knox, senior partner at Mercer and author of the report said the nations gains in the overall index value have primarily resulted ...

Super tax subsidies don't favour the rich: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... and roundabouts: what low-income earners miss in tax concessions, is made up for in Age pension payments," said Dr David Knox, a senior partner at Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance business unit. The core to Mercer's argument is that high income ...

SG increase the key to global pension top spot

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... in the world, with Australia coming in second and Switzerland third. Mercer Senior Partner and author of the report, David Knox, told Financial Standard Australia jumped two places from fourth in 2010 because it raised its Aged Pension two years ago ...

GESB can manage tougher measures on capital reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... benefit from an operational risk reserve even if incidents do not eventuate while they are part of the fund," said David Knox, senior partner at Mercer. "GESB is proof that you can price for a contribution to a risk reserve yet still remain low cost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... half results are due. Department store giant Myer Ltd releases second quarter sales data and Santos chief executive David Knox speaks at the Melbourne Mining Club. The Australian share market closed almost one per cent higher on Wednesday, buoyed by ...