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Industry names recognised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... services industry were among those recognised on Australia Day, being awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia. Rice Warner executive director Michael Rice received the honour for his service to business and economics, particularly in the actuarial ...

Super sector to dominate by 2034

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... by 2034. But it's not all good news for the retail sector. That's according to the latest report from actuary house Rice Warner, which outlines its predictions for superannuation over the next 15 years. The most revealing of these predictions was Rice ...

Super investment menus not what they seem: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
New insights from Rice Warner questions whether superannuation investment menus are really appropriately designed for members. Since the Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) Bill 2018 passed in ...

MySuper not the only problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... lottery". But Scheerlinck hit back, reminding SCA that underperformance across the industry was problematic, and adding Rice Warner research shows workers who stay in non-default (choice) funds could be up to $50,000 worse off on average. "In a compulsory ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Rice Warner says technology is likely to forever alter how people expect to receive and pay for retirement advice. New insights from the research house suggest robo-advice is not the only channel through which the advice industry will be changed by ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Grattan's report arguing Aussies retire with enough and government should scrap increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% was "broadly consistent" with Treasury's own modelling, staff emails show. In November, Grattan said most workers ...

Super expert re-joins Mercer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
A former Mercer executive has returned to the firm after a brief stint leading superannuation consulting at Rice Warner. Tim Jenkins has been appointed partner in Mercer's institutional wealth division, just over six years after he left behind a ...

Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Research house Rice Warner has openly questioned whether superannuation funds should begin resetting the return expectations of members. With difficult economic headwinds prevailing, Rice Warner is concerned superannuation funds have made a rod for ...

Intra-fund advice must improve: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... around access to financial advice, and both members and the funds themselves will suffer until they do, according to Rice Warner. The research house has struck the superannuation industry for failing to deliver cost-effective financial advice to members ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... of several influential players over superannuation's eternal policy debate. In a post on its website on Friday, Rice Warner noted the continuous tinkering with the super industry had led to some positive policy outcomes, pointing to the FOFA reforms ...