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Illegal early release of super sees director banned

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... had wrongfully told consumers who didn't meet the conditions for early release of super that they could access their super early to buy a home or pay personal debts. Edden-Brown also assisted consumers in doing so, despite not meeting the conditions ...

Australians want super safeguard: ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
... Preservation is critical to securing a better standard of living in retirement for more Australians. Busting open super early dramatically erodes savings and harms quality of life in retirement, ISA said. The lobby group said it supports the government's ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... the kind of data the campaign requires. Having regularly conducted staff engagement surveys and fared well, in 2020 Future Super conducted its survey and decided to break down the results by gender for the first time. In doing so, it found the male employees ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... state in line with the rest of Australia. Previously, only married couples in Western Australia were able to split their super assets, leaving de facto partners at a disadvantage. This reform will benefit the more than 200,000 de facto couples in Western ...

Inflation erodes retiree savings by 7.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Price Index increased by an average of 1.8% per quarter, marking a higher historical average of 0.6% per quarter since the early 1990s, ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said. For retirees, falling real wages have meant that the Age Pension payments have ...

Early super release scheme a mistake: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has warned against repeating the early release of super scheme that gave unrestricted access to retirement savings. The early release of super scheme allowed individuals to withdraw up to $20,000 of their retirement savings ...

Ending the super wars: Government acts to legislate an objective

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... with government support, in an equitable and sustainable way. The consultation recommends that the proposed objective of super be established in legislation, to provide stability and certainty for regulators, policymakers, and government. This will promote ...

APRA outlines 2023 super priorities

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... publish the heatmap, which is being updated using data submitted through the new APRA Connect system, for the first time in early 2023. Working alongside ASIC, APRA said it also endeavours to influence improved retirement outcomes in the new year. Both ...

AustralianSuper, Link extend partnership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2022
... Retirement and Superannuation Solutions will provide superannuation administration and customer engagement services to the super fund for an additional two years. Link Group Retirement and Superannuation Solutions chief executive Dee McGrath said the ...

Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
Frontier's ' Super in the Economy ' report says super funds haven't invested more capital into private markets because of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test and that there are opportunities to create further investment in the sector. ...