Policy Frontline

In recent months there has been considerable attention given to developments in income inequality in Australia. The Productivity Commission (PC) in a research paper released in August examined recent evidence

It is perhaps a bit sad but, along with the Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, one of the things that I look forward to each year is the release of the

Colloquium is a rather strange collective noun but for some reason it has become attached to the annual gathering of superannuation researchers in Australia at the 26th Colloquium on Pensions

Long term projections are by their very nature challenging to prepare. They are very dependent on the assumptions that are made. Dealing with future risks and uncertainties is also crucial.

There has been considerable policy debate about the regulation and design of retirement income products. The government has been developing a framework for Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) following

The path for the increase of the Superannuation Guarantee to 12 per cent has had a few potholes along the way. As originally legislated it was due to steadily increase

At the time of writing this column the first week of the substantive hearings of the Royal Commission was near complete. The progress of the hearings has been a bit

Superannuation funds—along with retirees, impending retirees, and financial advisers—have had to cope with the substantial changes to the means test for the Age Pension that came into effect on 1

In new research presented in an informative and entertaining session at the 2017 ASFA National Conference, Bernard Salt used Census data to describe how Australian retirees with property in capital