Opinion

Opinion

Retirement Income Covenant – where does a trustee start?

Matching members with the right solutions, garnering appropriate member information within the existing legal and regulatory frameworks and through-lifecycle engagement are among the biggest challenges facing trustees as the Retirement Income Covenant lands, experts have said.

David BellJuly 19, 2021

Opinion

Making a principles-based retirement income covenant work

The superannuation fund industry might be strongly supportive of a principles-based approach because it appears to enable more flexibility in product design but David Bell argues it might not be that straight forward.

David BellJuly 5, 2021

Opinion

YFYS and distinguishing forest from trees

The debate around which stapling model has raged to the point where stapling works best is now at risk of not proceeding, which would be a shame because either proposed model would improve consumer outcomes, David Bell writes.

David BellMay 31, 2021

Opinion

YFYS doesn’t solve super’s accountability issue

Members should be given ready access to both the expenditure and the future retirement benefit impact, displayed in a straightforward way, Douglas Bucknell says.

Douglas BucknellMay 5, 2021

Opinion

Fact checking retirement savings analysis

ASFA’s research largely fails to track the path of spending and retirement balances through time, nor account for any sensible measures such as debt reduction at the point of retirement, David Bell highlights.

David BellMay 5, 2021

Opinion

Morrison must get off the fence with Super: ALP’s Stephen Jones

A small clutch of ultra-dry conservatives is driving the government’s super agenda, and they are willing to bully and belittle anyone who disagrees with them according to Shadow Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones.

Stephen JonesApril 30, 2021

Opinion

Where did all the good people go? The problem YFYS has uncovered

Those good, independent people are stuck watching on the sidelines, wearied by the endless circular debate as one set after another of hard-fought reforms and sensible recommendations is overtaken by further proposed changes.

Douglas BucknellApril 21, 2021

Opinion

YFYS performance test: Implications for ESG

Strategies that have a lower alignment to the performance test benchmarks could become high risk for trustees as they could lead to failure of the test, over certain periods, despite longer-term outperformance, Mercer's Barlow points out.

Emily BarlowMarch 31, 2021

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