The recently announced Retirement Income Review terms of reference detail the three pillars on which Australia’s retirement income system is based – age pensions, compulsory superannuation and voluntary savings. This paper focuses on the second pillar, superannuation.

There are three key outcomes that can be met by the Retirement Income Review:

1. Further develop the risk adjusted returns disclosure arrangements criteria to assist retirees in understanding the risks inherent in retirement income products.
2. Encourage the development of a variety of risk management approaches with the objective of improving risk adjusted returns for retirees. 
3. Develop guidelines for ‘alternative – conservative’ and ‘alternative – growth’ asset classifications, based upon the risk level rating and in particular the product’s ability to address sequencing risk.

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