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What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
With the much-awaited final report expected to be handed down today, all eyes are on its findings. Here's what Rice Warner and Grattan Institute are expecting from it. A draft of the report was not circulated for stakeholder comment and the review ...

ATO can make cost of advice cheaper: Asher

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... products in retirement." Asher's comments come as the government is due to hand down the findings from the Retirement Income Review that Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg launched last year. He said retirees' needs fall into just five categories: a high ...

HESTA asks Retirement Income Review to consider ERS

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... its younger members have "virtually drained" their retirement savings during COVID-19 and is asking the Retirement Income Review to urgently consider ERS's impact on women's retirement outcomes. About 91,000 HESTA members have withdrawn from ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... nation by COVID-19, the government may choose to do more with the findings of the soon-to-be-revealed retirement income review than it might have done if the pandemic had not struck. While accepting wholesale changes to the industry are likely to prove ...

Retirement income covenant delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... said. Hume pointed out the deferral of the covenant will also allow its drafting to be informed by the retirement income review, which is due to be handed to the government next month. The revised date of the covenant's introduction is set to be determined ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... offered panel members the chance to debate the adequacy of the superannuation system just before the retirement income review is scheduled to release its final report, in June. Per Capita's Emma Dawson said arguments about the relationship between super ...

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... government to consider moves to ease the pressure on retirees, just weeks after he had an audience with the retirement income review panel. De Gori's letter calls on the government to mirror the decision of the Rudd Labor government as it dealt with ...

A man is not a plan: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... retirement plan, made 19 recommendations, most of which have not yet been accepted by government. "The current Retirement Income Review has received more than 280 submissions, and many have made similar recommendations, showing that the issues are still ...

Take pride in super: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
While debate continues to rage 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 ...

Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Grattan Institute's submission to the Retirement Income Review has kicked off a war of words after it said a reduction in fees charged to super members would be more impactful than an uplift in the superannuation guarantee, and that ASFA's comfortable ...