Australia - Pension System Overview

• Country Profile

Other resources

• APRA releases superannuation fund-level performance data for individual superannuation funds, covering the seven-year period from 2004 to 2010
•  Research conducted by Russell Investments to measure Australian's engagement with their super and the success of efforts from policymakers and the super industry to drive member engagement: "Tuning in to Australia's engagement with their super", (2011)
• Annuities and Other Retirement Products: Designing the Payout Phase, Roberto Rocha, Dimitri Vittas, and Heinz P. Rudolph, (World Bank, 2011)
• Australian Government published the Intergenerational Report 2010: Australia to 2050: Future challenges. The report provides the comprehensive analysis of fiscal and economic challenges of an ageing population in Australia over the next forty years.
• Australian Government releases Cooper Review into Superannuation:
  “Review into the Governance, Efficiency, Structure and Operation of Australia’s Superannuation System”, (2010)
• Cooper review, 'Review in the Governance, Efficiency, Structure and Operation of Australia's Superannuation System', (2010)
• Mercer Report: 'Lessons to learn from DC systems in the Asia-Pacific region', (2009)
• Are Retirement Savings on Track? (ASFA, 2007).
• The Introduction of Choice of Superannuation Fund - Results to Date, (ASFA, 2006).

Videos

 IOPS Risk-based Pension Supervision: Introduction

 IOPS Risk-based Pension Supervision: APRA's PAIRS model

 IOPS Risk-based Pension Supervision: APRA SOARS model