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ERS tab hits $33.3bn

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... inception, with an additional $340 million disbursed over the week to September 13 alone. During the week to September 13, super funds received 42,199 applications for payments, of which 24,512 were initial requests and 17,687 were repeat applications. ...

Westpac scraps SG direct debits

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... superannuation payment option for employers, there are fears the lack of automation could potentially worsen the unpaid super problem. On September 4, employers paying superannuation guarantee (SG) contributions had to switch payment methods to either ...

Hostplus can't be killed: Sicilia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has firmly rebutted speculation that COVID-19 and the early release of super scheme could have caused a liquidity crisis, detailing a series of extreme events that wouldn't "kill the fund". "There was never ...

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The $4 billion industry super fund has welcomed a new executive manager of member experience formerly of Cbus. It comes as the fund prepares to also increase insurance premiums for its almost 40,000-strong membership. Carrie Norman has joined legalsuper ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... pandemic, which should be factored in when reducing bonuses. Elia said that "we are getting on with the job" and that the super fund has not put its hand up for JobKeeper. "[Ultimately] we are focused on continuing to work for the benefit of our members. ...

ERS sees Cbus members forfeit TPD cover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Cbus has argued the Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme has been detrimental to many Cbus members, having withdrawn their entire balance and seeing the cancellation of their total permanent disability insurance. Speaking at the House of Representatives ...

Industry fund hikes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... industry fund will soon see their insurance premiums rise by as much as 43% from October. From October 1, members of Intrust Super's MySuper option will pay more for both life cover and life and TPD cover. For those members that hold both life and TPD ...

Majority of ERS applications double dippers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
The majority of payments made through the government's Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme have been double dippers, according to the most recent APRA data. In the period from the scheme's inception until end of financial year, 2.54 million applications ...

ERS to lead to rising pension costs, higher taxes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... $41,000 and $80,000 worse off in retirement, respectively. ISA analysis shows more than 600,000 people accessing their super early have completed drained their accounts, with the vast majority of these being those under 35 years old. "The findings are ...

APRA reviews priorities in super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... deliver the first phase of the data transformation project. The type of data APRA will gather will provide more information on super investments at the investment option level; it will also collect more data on insurance policies including premiums ...