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Income only falls by 11% in retirement: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Grattan Institute has renewed calls to scrap the Superannuation Guarantee increase as its updated projections show most Australian workers will only cop - at worst - an 11% fall in their income after retiring. The think tank updated its retirement income ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... plan to increase superannuation guarantee to 12% from the current 9.5% which has contested been contested by Grattan Institute in the past. He reiterated that industry funds were beating retail funds in performance, as published in the Productivity Commission ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Improvement is a ceaseless quest and Australia's superannuation industry must do better to ensure positive outcomes for members. Opening the 2018 ASFA conference in Adelaide this morning, ASFA chair Michael Easson didn't shy away from the criticism ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
Australians are retiring with more than enough, according to new research from Grattan Institute but ISA and ASFA don't agree. Grattan Institute modelling found that most workers can expect retirement income of at least 91% of their pre-retirement ...

Super fund welcomes industry veteran to trustee board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... 30 years experience in the industry. She is currently a non-executive director at HSBC Bank Australia and the Grattan Institute. She chairs the ACT Government's investment advisory board and is a member of the General Sir John Monash Foundation's ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... policy reforms for women, 80% of whom don't have enough upon retirement. ASFA has condemned Melbourne-based Grattan Institute's research that argues lifting SG will "hurt living standards" of low-income earners - majority of whom are women.

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... budget, an update on the planned increase of the superannuation guarantee (SG) is expected. Melbourne-based Grattan Institute has criticised the proposed lifting of SG to 12% saying it would have a negative impact on wages. In response, ASFA has again ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has slammed the Grattan Institute's key proposals to close the persistent gender gap in superannuation. Grattan Institute fellow Brendan Coates authored a white-paper that said superannuation ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has labeled the Grattan Institute as 'out of touch' following its claims that the age pension and rent assistance would provide an adequate retirement for Australians. In a statement, ASFA ...