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Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Superannuation industry associations have once again come out strongly against a policy of allowing first home buyers early access to their superannuation to purchase a home. Following comments this week from Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who made ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... and tax subsidies that fuel investment in existing property rather than new buildings. Allowing first home buyers early access to their super will set back a retirement income system that is still struggling to fully deliver." Anthony also said the proposal ...

Fix super for indigenous Australians: KPMG

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... common lack of valid ID, as well as cultural and geographical barriers; and increasing the $10,000-per-annum limit for early access to superannuation savings in cases of severe hardship for indigenous Australians. The report also questioned the appropriateness ...

BlackRock, Aviva receive ratings nod

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... "The Zenith rating, coupled with the BT Wrap and Asgard eWrap exposure, will provide a good number of advisers with early access to a new Australian equity offering." Launched in July 2015, the Aviva Investors multi-strategy (AIMS) target return fund ...

Super's purpose under further scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... the uses of superannuation is considered there should first be an agreement on its purpose. "Any proposal allowing early access to superannuation to address the funding of pre-retirement needs comes with a number of problems, the most impactful being ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... is that the superannuation preservation age should be raised to 65 years, but also made more flexible by allowing early access to accommodate the needs of those unable to work to retirement." Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive ...

EOFY means new laws and new products

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... financial year rings in several legislative changes affecting the superannuation industry, including SuperStream, early access to super for terminally ill patients and new significant investor visa (SIV) rules. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) expects ...

AustralianSuper to pay early insurance to terminally ill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... Gordon insurance lawyer, Annemarie Gambera, welcomed the changes but warned superannuants to consider the effect that early access to their superannuation could have on their existing superannuation insurance policies. "People with a terminal illness ...

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 ...