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Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... terms of reference the government said it was important that the system allowed Australians to achieve adequate retirement incomes, was fiscally sustainable and provided appropriate incentives for self-provision in retirement. A consultation paper will ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... projection that median wage and salary earners entering the workforce today will have high replacement rates (retirement incomes compared to measures of working life income), including over 90% for median wage and salary earners (based on inflation adjusted ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... the means test a disincentive to save? Do tax concessions reduce the cost of the Age Pension? Will adequate retirement incomes be achieved?" Rice Warner said. "This is understandable in the context of the daily news cycle as it is difficult to summarise ...

Super fund awards Australian equity mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... are pleased that State Super has recognised the potential that our Equity Income strategy has to improve the retirement incomes of its fund members." Martin Currie head of distribution, APAC Kimon Kouryialas added: "We're delighted to have been awarded ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... Grattan's research should be approached with "considerable caution." "It's critical that any modelling of retirement incomes considers a significant number of cameos to provide policymakers with a better understanding of the implications of different ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... is broken, as we believe it currently is." "I also think it's worthwhile for the government and for the retirement incomes tribunal to examine the wisdom of increasing the compulsory superannuation contribution from 9.5 per cent to 12 per cent," ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... Grattan with a focus on budget reform, intergenerational inequality, tax reform, housing affordability and retirement incomes. "After 11 years, the long-term growth of Grattan Institute as an institution requires new leadership and it is time for the ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... have a system that is the envy of other countries and which as it matures is delivering substantially higher retirement incomes for the bulk of retirees," Fahy says. "Many of the recent "reforms" in effect are about shifting the burden of fees from one ...

Retirement income review welcomed: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... Australia's superannuation system, Heffron SMSF Solutions executive director Martin Heffron said a review into retirement incomes in isolation is at risk of missing the point. In most developed countries healthcare, aged care and retirement income provision ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... a fiery debate between the chief executive of the Grattan Institute and Mercer's David Knox over ideal retirement incomes. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley and Mercer senior partner David Knox debated the future of superannuation during ...