Despite the government windfall on offer, changing the age at which people can access their super is likely to unfairly hit retirees with lower super balances.
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Annuities in their current form are largely unpopular, but with a bit of tweaking they could provide the retirement income fix Australia needs.
The superannuation sector argues it is competitive, but that doesn’t mean it’s efficient.
The government’s inconsistent approach to pensioners who save is distorting behaviour, but there is a solution.
Australia’s retirement income system is unsustainable, and there seems little political appetite to tackle the big issues.
The US Social Security system has been heading toward insolvency for decades, with the program now projected to run a 25% deficit by a little after 2030, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Despite…
The Abbott government’s deal with the Palmer United Party to freeze the minimum superannuation contribution rate at 9.5% until 2021 will not only cost retirees, it will also see future governments forced…
Only 53% of couples and 22% of single people are on track to achieve a comfortable level of retirement income, according to an in-depth study of the adequacy of retirement savings. The outcome of a collaboration…
How older Australians spend their superannuation and the impact of suggested legislative changes on retirees, will be the focus of a new CSIRO-Monash superannuation research group. The A$9 million research…
The provision of retirement income and insurance infrastructure will be one of the challenges facing Asia in the coming years…
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor in the Department of Finance and co-director of the Brain, Mind & Markets Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Accounting, The University of Queensland
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Griffith Centre for Personal Finance and Superannuation (GCPFS), Griffith University
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professorial fellow, Monash University
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Professor of Law, Discipline of Law, Justice and Society, Adelaide University
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
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Senior Research Associate, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW, UNSW
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Leader, Innovation for Services in Science, CSIRO
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Associate, Monash University
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University