Retirement Income Review

Retirement

Widening guidance: The case for more advice in super builds

Funds might tread carefully with their intra-fund strategies but work being done by policy makers and the funds themselves around retirement solutions will open new pathways for advice within superannuation.

Matthew SmithJune 30, 2021

Retirement

YFYS makes way for super’s ‘great unfinished business’

The Retirement Income Covenant will be principles-based legislation designed to push funds to develop retirement strategies and provide guidance to ensure members make the most of their accumulated savings during retirement.

Matthew SmithJune 25, 2021

Policy and Regulation

Super’s purpose still ill-defined

Treasurer Frydenberg has delayed outlining the government's intensions relating to the superannuation system by not defining its purpose during his budget speech and papers on Tuesday night.

Matthew SmithMay 12, 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

It’s time to do things differently in retirement policy

After six-years in retirement income helping super funds and policymakers with their positioning, strategy and product in all things decumulation, Amara Haqqani is shifting her focus elsewhere, but not before delivering some home truths to the segment.

Amara HaqqaniMarch 24, 2021

Industry

Super system disadvantages middle income earners: Mercer’s David Knox

A universal pension scheme could result in “taking some off the top” by essentially removing or tapering tax concessions for higher income earners and redistributing these savings to middle income earners, Mercer's David Knox highlighted.

Matthew SmithFebruary 22, 2021

Chair Forum Digital 2021

Hume keeps door open on super contributions freeze

The minister reiterated the government’s plan to make a call on the SG rise closer to July 1 when the “trade off” with wage growth is clearer, while shadow minister Stephen Jones said the current level “just won’t get us there”.

Tahn SharpeJanuary 29, 2021

Opinion

Retirement Income Review: Simplifying the complex

The Retirement Income Review is clever for a number of reasons, not least because it managed to simplify complexity and create a structured case for improving retirement outcomes by not increasing the SG, all without without making any recommendations.

David BellNovember 23, 2020

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