Super fund trustees should look at how each heatmap metric could be incorporated into the fund’s member outcomes framework, according to Rice Warner....
Unnecessarily complex investment menus could lead to smaller pools of investable assets, and too much choice for members, according to Rice Warner....
Appropriate and cost-effective advice is crucial to helping retirees navigate means-testing and the efficacy of deferred lifetime annuities, according to actuarial consul...
The large allocation towards private equity and alternatives and the fact that it has not performed any better than leading super funds makes the case hard for the Future...
Rice Warner has encouraged funds to critically think about what outcomes the fund is aiming to achieve for its members and how its business plan supports this....
Super funds are not communicating to members that their investment targets are not taking into account the new norm of low interest rates and higher volatility, Rice Warn...
The financial advice industry is at an inflection point with adviser numbers set to plummet but demand for advice on the rise. Superannuation funds will fail their member...
A rate of 15 to 20 per cent SG would be needed to provide most people with full independence of the Age Pension, Rice Warner believes....
Super Review’s Future of Super Conference has been told MySuper represented one of the greatest wastes of time and money ever encountered in the Australian superannuation...
Actuarial research house, Rice Warner has acknowledged the existing of insurance premium cross-subsidies in superannuation but is arguing that this can be addressed by th...
Rice Warner has hit out at the Grattan Institute’s claim that raising the super guarantee to 12 per cent would cost the average worker $30,000 as “sensational”, listing s...
In the aftermath of the Federal Election, with the Productivity Commission final report still very much on the table and with the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, flagging a f...
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...