The increasing national burden of the old age pension will ease if people are allowed to save more for their retirement, says UNSW Business School Professor Fiona Martin.
Instead of matching long-term pension liabilities to long-term investments, investment markets fixate on short-term liquidity. Is a new approach now needed?
The changes announced in the latest federal budget could save members up to $3billion, but they don't tackle the problems of total disability insurance.
A new generation of Australian workers are embracing the gig economy, but their long-term financial future is uncertain, write Dale Boccabella and Sarah Kaine.
Superannuation legislation currently before federal parliament has the potential to change the power structures in the finance industry, writes Anthony Asher.
If we want superannuation to be more of a substitute for, rather than a supplement to, the pension, then big, structural changes need to be made, writes Richard Holden.
