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Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... government to investigate the extent to which women were coerced into withdrawing their superannuation under the Early Release of Super scheme in 2020 and 2021. "This information is critical in informing future policy decisions and avoiding unintentionally ...

Member contributions lift super assets to $3.5tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... contribution flows during 2021 netted $58.5 billion, reflecting a large increase that factors in the completion of the early release of super scheme withdrawals as well as growth in total contributions. Most APRA-regulated assets comprised MySuper products ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... low-income earners have been impacted by the acceleration of price increases, COVID-19 and policies such as the early release of super. "It is crucial that the government addresses the repair of people's retirement budgets as we start to see the ...

Members lean on super for financial hardships

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... retirement savings because of financial hardship spiked in June 2020, thanks to government incentives such as the Early Release of Superannuation Scheme, reaching $826 million. The following financial year, some $658 million was released based on financial ...

More work needed to end financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... Scheerlinck said. "The impact of coercive control in a violent relationship was starkly demonstrated in 2020 in the early release of superannuation scheme, with many women being coerced into accessing their super or having it fraudulently accessed by ...

Pandemic sees boom in voluntary super contributions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... September 2021 on average, compared to the same period in 2019. However, those who withdrew money under the government's early release of super (ERS) program early in the pandemic are still lagging. This group of individuals had voluntary contribution ...

ISA releases pre-election wish list

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... schedule for increasing the super guarantee to 12% by 2025; and finally, ruling out relaxation of existing rules for early release of super. "Sticking with the foundations, like the plan to increase the super guarantee to 12% and preserving super for ...

Adviser jailed for illegal super access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... Sarah Court said: "The sentence imposed demonstrates the seriousness of this misconduct." "Facilitating the unlawful early release of superannuation can lead to the erosion of people's super balances, which has the potential to lead to long-term ...

Unpaid super tops $5bn per year: ISA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... (40%) or hospitality. Younger workers were also the cohort most likely to withdraw from their accounts under the Early Release of Superannuation scheme last year, with 82% of those who did being under 35 years of age. About 1.7 million men and 1.3 million ...

AMP reports mixed quarter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... pension payments and were down on the corresponding period's $1.8 billion which included about $700 million in early release of super payments. Still, wealth management assets under management stayed steady throughout the quarter at $131.2 billion ...