Over 150 academics, policymakers and industry practitioners participated in the 33rd Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research at UNSW Sydney on 24-25 November 2025, to discuss the latest research on pensions, superannuation and retirement.
The Colloquium was convened by CEPAR Investigator Associate Professor Katja Hanewald and co-hosted by CEPAR and the School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, with support from the Innovations in Risk, Insurance and Superannuation (IRIS) Knowledge Hub, all within UNSW Business School. The Colloquium also received financial support from the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA).
The program comprised over 40 high-level talks and presentations.
Especially topical were two panel sessions, chaired by David Bell (The Conexus Institute).
One panel session focused on 'Managing Long-Term Savings in the New World Order' and panellists included Guy Debelle (Funds SA); John Pearce (UniSuper); Craig Thorburn (Future Fund); Susan Thorp (University of Sydney).
The other panel session focused on 'Retirement Choice Architecture' with panellists Nathan Bonarius (Actuaries Institute); Katrina Ellis (Super Consumers); Joey Moloney (Grattan Institute); and Geoff Warren (The Conexus Institute).
Further Colloquium sessions covered the latest research on aged care and fairness; annuities; behaviour and decisions; decumulation strategies; drawdown design; gender and wellbeing; housing and retirement; lifecycle modelling; mortality analytics; mortality inequality; innovative retirement income streams; international pension systems; retirement and health; retirement outcomes; and retirement risk and policy.
The Best Student Presentation Award was awarded to Gayani Thalagoda for her presentation on Designing Payout Rules under Sociodemographic Inequality in Longevity and Wealth.
Presentation slides are available to download.