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Super funds asked to model early release impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... will also shoulder extra work load. Treasury's estimate is that Australians will withdraw about $27 billion but Rice Warner believes the number could be much higher, in the $40 billion to $50 billion range owing to unemployment picking up since the ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... their superannuation, they would end up with $40,250 lower end balance of $383,049. COVID-19 to hasten merger talks Rice Warner believes the turmoil experienced across financial services will soon force small players in the super industry to accelerate ...

Early super access impact double Treasury estimates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... government's early access to super initiative has seen the estimated cost of the measures almost double. Research house Rice Warner has assessed the impact of the government's decision to allow Australians suffering financial stress to access their super ...

COVID-19 to hasten merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... industry shows COVID-19 may prove the catalyst for small superannuation funds to finally pull the trigger and merge. Rice Warner believes the turmoil experienced across financial services will soon force small players in the super industry to accelerate ...

A man is not a plan: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
New insight from Rice Warner has re-iterated the message that a husband is not a retirement plan as women's lower super balances are highlighted on International Women's Day. The two key factors for a more comfortable retirement are marriage and home ...

Take pride in super: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... about the efficacy of superannuation as the Retirement Income Review prepares to deliver its final report in June, Rice Warner has called on Australians to be proud of the system. In a blog post to its website, the superannuation researcher has addressed ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... the adequacy of retirement incomes. "Increases to the SG will generate savings on pension expenditure," ISA said. "Rice Warner have estimated that the fiscal impact of an SG increase to 12% would be a reduction in expenditure as a proportion of GDP from ...

Stability needed: Maroney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... regime, association representation will be vital, he urged. He said the SMSF Association is undertaking research with Rice Warner to compare the costs of SMSFs with industry and retail super funds. "We've signed another three-year agreement with the ...

What SMSFs will look like in 2030

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... to predict what the SMSF industry will look like in 10 years' time, with the issue of retirement front and centre. Rice Warner executive director Michael Rice, Challenger chair of retirement income Jeremy Cooper, Investment Trends chief executive Michael ...

The PDS is weak: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
New insights from Rice Warner claim product disclosure statements are weak in their ability to actually inform or protect consumers. Last year's report from ASIC on the matter said: "The over-reliance on disclosure in some ways proved an enabler of ...