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Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Australia's largest superannuation fund has paid out over $1 billion, with funds for the industries hardest hit by COVID-19 not far behind. Australia's largest fund, the $185 billion AustralianSuper, has already paid out over $1 billion in early ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has not discriminated in its destruction of both developed and emerging economies, Janus Henderson has warned investors to prepare for a dispersion of outcomes in the post-pandemic world. The more advanced emerging economies ...

Superannuation startup launches raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... government's early access to superannuation scheme won't affect its growth projections. "Nobody has requested ERS so far...self-employed people have a very different and perhaps stronger relationship with superannuation as compared to employees ...

Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... like in the coming months," Heath said. "What is likely is that the crisis as experienced by many Australians may well feel far more demanding than it has been to date." Similarly, Dring said the banks are set to make some tough decisions on managing ...

Mayfair 101 reveals new sub-division, hires chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... significant and unprecedented project that will transform traditional Australian experiential tourism and reinvigorate the Far North Queensland economy," Handy said. "Mayfair 101's vision and planning for the Mayfair Tourism brand and Mission Beach ...

Unemployment already over 15%: Roy Morgan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
April unemployment data released by Roy Morgan today paints a far gloomier picture of Australia's workforce than the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest data from March. Roy Morgan found 15.3% of the workforce (2.16 million people) were unemployed ...

TCorp funding hits $10bn since late March

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... period of instability as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic," she said. "Markets are now functioning better and have become far more stable." Both domestic and offshore interest in last week's issuance has allowed TCorp to continue to fund the public ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... those suffering financial hardship as a result of COVID-19. Funds have paid a total of 162,879 early release applications so far out of 665,310 requests according to APRA, with the average withdrawal being $8002. A total of 107 funds have made early ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... includes estimated refunds to clients of BT Financial Group whose wealth fees were inadequately disclosed, the group said. So far, more than 600,000 customers have received more than $350 million in refunds.

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... access their superannuation early as permitted by government's COVID response legislation. It has totaled $384.8 million so far, which Fok said is lower than what it expected. Superannuation funds were asked to provide their modelling of early release ...