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Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... just shouting at each other? I think that's one of the things that hopefully will be recognised," he says. Weighing in, Grattan Institute program director Brendan Coates says it should come as no shock to see stakeholders nail their colours to the mast. ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... retirement, while lower income earners would only see a rise of 1.8%. Brendan Coates, program director, household finances, at Grattan Institute rejected ISA's modelling saying its research assumes only 70% of the cost of higher compulsory super comes ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum, Grattan Institute budget policy and institutional reform program director Danielle Wood explained the much touted federal government surplus may not be all it was cracked up to be. Wood focused ...

SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Grattan Institute has again weighed into the ongoing debate over the necessity of the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee. In a new research paper, Grattan claims workers "overwhelmingly" pay for increases to the super guarantee through ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... report said. The research concludes that winding back SG increases is not a fix to Australia's languishing wage growth. Grattan made "arguments by echo chamber" Earlier this year, Melbourne-based Grattan Institute garnered attention when it argued ...

Grattan modelling flawed, misleading: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
Phil Gallagher and Bruce Bastian said the average worker will receive around $50,000 more than the Grattan Institute's "flawed and misleading analysis." ISA said modelling done by Grattan is based on dubious assumptions that "don't stack up" and there ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... superannuation guarantee to 12% was "broadly consistent" with Treasury's own modelling, staff emails show. In November, Grattan said most workers can expect retirement income of at least 91% of their pre-retirement income, even after allowing for ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... was "notorious for being poorly researched or presented without context", going on to lambaste both Challenger and the Grattan Institute - whom Rice Warner has engaged in an ongoing battle with recently over the SG - for their recent research efforts. ...

Survey backs SG increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... beyond, the SG will hit 12%. A minority (13%) of readers polled disagreed, believing the minimum rate should stay as is. The Grattan Institute reignited the debate of the benefits of increasing the SG, claiming that after crunching the numbers middle-income ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The ongoing battle between Mercer and the Grattan Institute over superannuation rolls on, with the global financial services firm dedicating an entire report to pulling apart Grattan's "misleading" work. Releasing the report, authored by senior ...