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Superannuation complaints down 31%: AFCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... superannuation to AFCA fell 31% in the year ending 30 June 2021, after a spike in FY20 stemming from the early release of superannuation allowed during the pandemic. AFCA did not provide a breakdown of complaint types for superannuation to 30 June 2021 ...

Aussies lose $328m to investment scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... relate to superannuation scams resulting in over $6.4 million in losses, mostly prompted by the early release of superannuation scheme. Worryingly, it appears that people find it increasingly difficult to identify legitimate investment opportunities ...

Family law super reforms released

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... The development comes after the government abandoned its controversial proposal to extend the early release of superannuation to family and domestic violence survivors.

Hostplus eyes Intrust merger

KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... APRA's desired scale of $30 billion for superannuation funds to survive. Intrust was also hit by early release of superannuation withdrawals of about $288 million last year. For Hostplus, merging with Intrust delivers a membership that is close to ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
Members who raided their retirement savings as a result of the early release of superannuation scheme could have been $3100 better off than if they had kept their balance intact, new research reveals. The McKell Institute, a thinktank, found that over ...

What COVID-19 did to super brand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The government's early release of superannuation program hurt superannuation as a category brand, according to Campaign Edge creative director Dee Madigan. Taking to the stage at Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Madigan theorised that the ...

Aged care workers depended on ERS: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Aged care employees relied more on the early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme compared to other workers health and community services sectors, research from HESTA reveals. The proportion of HESTA members who work in aged care and childhood education ...

No early super release for DV survivors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... women's economic security, the government has confirmed it will not proceed with plans to extend the early release of superannuation to family and domestic violence survivors. Scrapping the plan will decrease receipts by $110 million over the forward ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
After the shock of the Early Release of Superannuation scheme's COVID-19 amendment, the superannuation sector can breathe a sigh of relief that government hasn't introduced a mechanism to allow members to divert their super savings into a deposit on ...

Adviser-led TPD claim admittance rates fall

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... in 2020 after legislation turned off insurance on lower-balance accounts from October, and the early release of superannuation, which whittled away at many superannuation accounts.