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HESTA calls for access to super for family violence victims

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... superannuation for retirement." Early access to superannuation is currently provided to those experiencing severe financial hardship including assisting members with funeral and medical expenses, or preventing a bank from selling a member's home. To ...

Sunsuper puts adviser trust front and centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... to professional, yet relaxed. "When clients come to the office they're often coming because they're feeling financial hardship or stress in their life, and advisers must be well trained to deal with these instances," Kirchenbauer said. "Client's may ...

Bankers told to spread positive message

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... Three additional initiatives to build on the 'Six Point Plan', which address consumer concerns about people in financial hardship, switching banks and small businesses and farmers. ABA chief executive Anna Bligh said she was pleased McPhee had acknowledged ...

Banks flag adviser transparency in customer program

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Banking program consists of three key steps. These are a renewed commitment to support customers in times of financial hardship via a debt repayment and consolidation service; new valuation practices for farmers and small businesses; and a plan to hold ...

NZ manager launches QROPS scheme

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... Australian super funds didn't qualify, though, because they provision for early release in cases of severe financial hardship, balances below $200 and certain "compassionate grounds."

Industry fund fights financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... to greater access to financial counselling for HESTA members who seek to access their superannuation due to financial hardship. HESTA will use the feedback from the roundtable to inform its ongoing commitment to financial inclusion and will launch its ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... very unlikely to be working and many of them will have no income. Delaying their claims can lead to severe financial hardship and mental illness," he said. Weinmann also said that measures taken to address problems with approved income protection payments ...

Public sector retirees still seek answers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... government and, more importantly, suggest that some retirees are suffering considerable and apparently unanticipated financial hardship." ACPSRO said there has been enough time for Centrelink systems to have accurate and easily accessed figures on the ...

The social benefits of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... children about their financial situations, and encountered a mother whose partner had committed suicide due to financial hardship. "She was left to take care of her two children. She was in tears. He felt he'd failed as a husband, father and provider ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... "serious ill health." Many Australian super funds, however, also provision for early release in cases of severe financial hardship, balances below $200 and certain "compassionate grounds". As a result of being removed from the QROPS list, transfers into ...