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Terminally ill granted early access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
People suffering a terminal illness will be granted early access to their superannuation savings if they have less than two years to live. The government will amend the provision for early access to superannuation in such cases, following consultation ...

Turnbull on super and housing debate: "a thoroughly bad idea"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Minister and Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull slammed Treasurer Joe Hockey's suggestion that young Australians could be given early access to their superannuation to help them buy their first house. "My own view is that would be a thoroughly bad idea,"A Turnbull ...

ATO cold calling to test SMSF trustees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... it contacts trustees when data indicates that an SMSF is being established "for the purpose of obtaining illegal early access to superannuation benefits." Newly-registered funds that have not met their lodgement obligation in the first year are also ...

Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is pushing for an increase in the preservation age to 65, but with early access measures for those who are unable to work to that age. The FSC said that, with the Age Pension eligibility age set to rise to 70 by ...

Higher pension age to drive increase in early super releases

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... and labourers. As a result, lifting the pension age is expected to be accompanied by more policy flexibility around early access to superannuation or possibly even differential pension arrangements notwithstanding pension eligibility changes will need ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... those assets." He also said that if the pension age climbs to 70 years old, there should be a "clear and transparent early access regime for people who physically can't work."

Terminally ill woman questions superannuation early release laws

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... long-term thinking among members. "Of course, in certain circumstances, early release of super is appropriate, but early access to super is eroding your retirement benefit, so there is a need to balance," Blakey said.

ASIC bans two advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Turudia engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by manipulating rollover request procedures allowing his clients early access to their superannuation savings. AMP alerted ASIC to the adviser's conduct in January this year after revoking his status ...

Mental health an insurance issue

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... impact it can have on people's lives." More than half of financial planners surveyed, or 53 per cent, believe that early access to an income protection insurance underwriter would make a difference to their clients' application for income protection ...

ATO to review 10,000 SMSFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... sector. Around 25 per cent of all follow up cases found the arrangement were not loans, and therefore considered early access. "In these instances, in addition to any action taken by the ATO against the fund, the trustees will be assessed personally ...