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OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... streams has so profoundly reversed that we are back to where we were eight years ago, albeit part of the surge may be due to the ERS. If this trend doesn't slow and turn around fast, it won't be long before serious pressure mounts and retirees will only ...

ERS spending revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... week. Over 1.3 million households contained someone receiving the Coronavirus Supplement of $550 per fortnight." The COVID-19 ERS scheme allowed up to $10,000 to be accessed before retirement for people suffering financial hardship. People could access ...

ASIC praises super trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... of COVID-19. "Several websites had inaccurate or incomplete information about insurance eligibility in superannuation if an ERS payment resulted in a low account balance," it said. "Overall, funds' communications approach and information on the ERS ...

Pandemic boosts scam complaints

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... Australians over $6 million. Untersteiner noted that superannuation funds worked with AFCA to resolve consumer concerns over the ERS. "Scams were growing before COVID-19 but the pandemic has accelerated this trend," Untersteiner said. The data showed ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... Rest, which has the most female members of any super fund in the country, found that for those who made withdrawals under the ERS program the gender gap in super balance increased. Women between the ages of 30 and 39 had balances an average of 15.6% ...

Stimulus, ERS boost financial comfort

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
The government's stimulus spending, and reforms like the early release scheme, have boosted Australian financial comfort to record highs despite the impact of COVID-19. The ME Bank Household Financial Comfort Index improved by 2% to 5.89 out of 10 during ...

ERS dents Raiz Super by $13m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Raiz's superannuation offering paid out $13 million as a result of the early release of super scheme but managed to keep funds under management afloat. The micro-investing platform reported superannuation assets grew by 27% on the prior corresponding ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... labour unions and Labor (shampoo makers) with regards to the JobKeeper scheme, which is set to end on March 28. The "shampoo-ers" argue that withdrawing JobKeeper "prematurely" would cause the country's unemployment to spike. Australian Federal Treasurer ...

APRA releases final ERS figures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... duration of the scheme, $37.3 billion was removed from the superannuation industry from 20 April 2020 to 31 December 2020. The ERS scheme surpassed Treasury's initial estimates of $29 billion but has fallen short of its revised estimates of $42 billion ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... publications. The research also lined up the articles that Australian readers engaged with the most. Superannuation topics -- such as ERS impact and unlicensed advice from real estate groups to use super for rent -- came out on top, accounting for seven ...