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Mercer LifetimePlus now on MPS platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... five years, so the demand for effective and sustainable solutions to longevity risk is only going to increase," Dr David Knox, senior partner and architect of Mercer LifetimePlus, said. The move means the product is available to more than 50 financial ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... second to third overall as a result of the nation slowly reforming its superannuation system. Mercer senior partner Dr David Knox said Australia could move its grading from B+ to A by increasing the workforce participation of older Australians and reducing ...

Changes to super tax needed: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... most wage earners, the top 10% of wage earners are benefitting most from super tax breaks. Mercer senior partner, Dr David Knox, said it was important the tax inquiry examined government support for retirement holistically, including super tax concessions ...

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... may have on the overall costs of the superannuation system to Government. Mercer senior partner and senior actuary Dr David Knox said that recent inquiries into superannuation reiterate the need for evidence based evaluation. "We've had the Financial ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... included in the 2010 study improving their score on average by almost 3%. The report's author, Mercer senior partner Dr David Knox, said Australia's rising in the ranks was down to the increase of the superannuation guarantee from 9% to 9.5%. He said ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... provided to Australians are lower than five of the eight countries," said Mercer senior partner and report author Dr David Knox. The research models the effect of different tax systems showing the present value of the after-tax retirement benefit for ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... has made small gains in the last year, with the Pension Index value increasing from 75.0 in 2011 to 75.7 in 2012. Dr David Knox, senior partner at Mercer and author of the report said the nations gains in the overall index value have primarily resulted ...

Super tax subsidies don't favour the rich: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... and roundabouts: what low-income earners miss in tax concessions, is made up for in Age pension payments," said Dr David Knox, a senior partner at Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance business unit. The core to Mercer's argument is that high income ...

Pension age too low: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... the private sector think tank, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). The report, written by Dr David Knox, a partner at Mercer who was previously the Foundation Professor of Actuarial Studies at the University of Melbourne, said ...

Mercer names Knox as new principal

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed Dr David Knox as a principal of its Australia/New Zealand superannuation and actuarial consulting division, a role in which he will focus on government actuarial work and finance and risk consulting. Knox ...
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