Australian Superannuation - Articles & White Papers
The Australian Superannuation research section features over 200 articles and white papers which discuss Australian superannuation issues, covering both DB and DC pensions. The most read Australian Super research covers such topics as long-term investing, superannuation governance, retirement readiness and the trends shaping Australia's superannuation industry. Other Super research, white papers, reports and surveys examine New Zealand... superannuation, inflation protection, independent directors, centralised portfolio management and other aspects of the current Australian superannuation landscape. Papers which look at asset allocation amongst Australian superannuation funds, as well as comparing Aussie Super Funds to those in other regions of the world, are popular. Australian superannuation funds have been pioneers in infrastructure investing, and a case study on this topic has been particularly popular with pensions professionals from Super Funds.
Populations are aging across the world. This global demographic shift promises great opportunity—and challenge—in the decades ahead. No institutions have a greater stake in the changing demographic frontier than businesses, large and small, that have an integral role to play in realizing the upside of the new and…
This report builds on research first published in 2016 to map the broad array of responsible investment (RI) approaches used by Australia’s largest super funds and other large asset owners, providing insights to changes in practice between July 2016 and June 2019. In doing so, this project’s longitudinal research focus seeks…
The 2019 edition of Pensions at a Glance highlights the pension reforms undertaken by OECD countries over the last two years. Moreover, two special chapters focus on non-standard work and pensions in OECD countries, take stock of different approaches to organising pensions for non-standard workers in the OECD, discuss why…
Governments and organisations of all sizes are grappling with unprecedented rates of disruption as Industry 4.0 unfolds. New technologies and capabilities have spawned new industries, markets, and economies, laying waste to traditional ones. Low-skilled, routine jobs are increasingly at risk of automation – jobs that older…
Most Australian superannuation funds have significant exposure to overseas investments, the side effect being the acquisition of currency risk. This has led many superannuation funds to adopt currency risk management (CRM) strategies, which can help funds to reduce risk and improve performance over time, increasing the…
The 2019 Australian Infrastructure Investment Report marks the fifth anniversary of the study. The last five years has seen the global economy enter a period of heightened uncertainty. A low interest rate environment has intensified the hunt for yield and has changed the risk/reward calculation for investors. After examining…
Multinationals that approach their DB pension risks in a structured way succeed in implementing their risk reduction goals around the world. In this article, the authors outline the common techniques multinational organizations have deployed to manage pension risk as well as provide insights on optimizing global pension debt…
Recent research into the methodologies used by financial planners has shown that the retirement tools advisers use may not always reflect best practice when it comes to Australia’s increasing life expectancy. This paper by the Actuaries Institute explains the importance of accurate life expectancy calculations.
