Hazel Bateman
School of Risk and Actuarial Studies - BEcon (Hons), University of Queensland | PhD, UNSW
Hazel Bateman is a Professor in the School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney and a Chief Investigator and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). She has expertise in pension economics, behavioural retirement insurance and lifecycle finance. Her current research investigates the role of choice and information architecture, financial advice and financial literacy on lifecycle financial decisions including superannuation and housing. She also works on design of and demand for retirement products including annuities, aged care insurance and reverse mortgages, as well as the taxation and regulation of pensions. Hazel works closely with the financial services industry, superannuation and pension funds and policy makers in Australia and internationally and has consulted to international organisations including the World Bank and the OECD. She is Chair of the Netspar Scientific Council, a member of the Consultative Committee of UniSuper, an academic member of the China Ageing Finance Forum and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension index and the Conexus Institute. In 2019 she was appointed inaugural President of the International Pensions Research Association (IPRA).
From This Author
Income is key in scramble to fix retirement phase of super
As policymakers focus on optimising the retirement phase of superannuation, industry leaders say policies should prioritise lifetime income streams
Budget changes make Pension Loans Scheme more attractive to senior homeowners
While changes in the 2021-22 Federal Budget make the Pension Loans Scheme more attractive for senior homeowners, there is more that can be done, write UNSW Business School's Katja Hanewald, Hazel Bateman and Katie Sun
Chinese experience informs our reverse mortgage market
Consumers need a better explanation of how an equity release product can work
Why is the demand for reverse mortgages low?
Researchers from UNSW Business School will investigate behavioural and other issues behind the low uptake of reverse mortgages in Australia.
Is income-indemnity insurance an aged care solution?
Researchers propose a new flexible model for retirement needs
Which questions add up to financial literacy?
There’s a new resource for gauging our ability to decide wisely
Financial advice: Can we guard against bad experts?
A new study pinpoints the dangers in our readiness to trust