Rice Warner Pre-Budget Submission 2016 – 2017

On 08/02/2016

Rice Warner has submitted its Pre-Budget submission to Treasury. As we head towards May’s important budget, there has been significant media commentary and speculation around superannuation reform. We are concerned at the large number of proposals, many of which have not been costed and which do not show the long term impact of the […]

All hands needed to reduce our gender retirement savings gap

On 09/12/2015

Australia may boast a first class retirement savings system on the global stage, yet many Australian women face the very real risk of enduring life in retirement with a third class outcome. We need to acknowledge this issue and embrace the complex and linked measures needed to fix it. The solution requires a multilateral […]

Economic Security for Women in Retirement – Submission to Senate Economics References Committee

On 08/12/2015

The Senate Economics References Committee is concerned about the poor economic status of women in retirement – both absolutely and relatively to men. The Terms of Reference are wide-ranging and the issues are complex. In this submission, we have addressed all the key matters, set out some quantitative analysis and provided our insights into potential […]

Capping Superannuation Contributions

On 24/11/2015

Almost every public policy statement on superannuation now contains a suggestion to restrict the generosity of the system by capping the amount of superannuation to a reasonable level. The rationale for this is that tax concessions are tilted towards the wealthy who use superannuation for estate planning as well as for retirement income. The […]

Government adopts pragmatic response to Trowbridge reforms

On 12/11/2015

After a scathing report by ASIC in October 2014, Review of Retail Life Insurance Advice, calling for an end to the misalignment of financial incentives offered to financial advisers and licensees (dealer groups), together with the FSI recommendation for level commissions in life insurance, the FSC and AFA commissioned prominent actuary John Trowbridge to review advice […]

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