Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170102275

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Retirement income product innovation. This project aims to develop and assess comprehensive retirement income products to support sustainable retirement income streams for the Australian superannuation system. It will provide a framework to develop flexible structured retirement income products, taking into account the fair and effective allocation of costs and risks. Actuarial and financial analysis will highlight savings in Age Pension and aged care costs arising from more effective design of retirement income products incorporating investment and longevity risk. It intends to develop risk sharing retirement products, risk management strategies, and longevity index-based hedging contracts to share and mitigate financial and longevity risk.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-07-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $350,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council