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OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... 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 a first home. They might have expanded the First Home Saver Super Scheme, almost doubling its capacity ...

Link Group announces new partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... their funds while augmenting the information they receive on performance with tools to assist in achieving their super savings goals. One of the most important steps is for members to understand how to transition to retirement with the best outcomes ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... balances, compared to 17% of men. Female AMP super members were also found to be more likely to clear out their super savings entirely (14%) compared to men (12%). Rest also reported that the number of women using its digital finance tools quadrupled ...

Big super locking Aussies out of homes: Wilson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... young Australians, who under his scheme, will be staring down the barrel of hugely inflated mortgages without any super savings to fall back on." Wilson has been grilling the nation's superannuation funds as part of the economics committee's ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
New Rainmaker research has found being a member of a typical lifecycle MySuper product could reduce a person's retirement savings by up to 23% by age 70. The research found that if a member were to stay in a typical lifecycle MySuper product for their ...

Superhero to launch super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... come across investors who don't have a lot of disposable income to start building their wealth but have their super savings - which they are disconnected with. He saw a gap and asked: "How do we engage with their super to start their wealth creation ...

ISA calls for super tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... hundreds of thousands of women left behind." ISA claims more than 1.2 million Australians would see a boost in their super savings by increasing the LISTO to cover workers earning up to $45,000. It said the changes would benefit 705,000 women who would ...

Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... blame. This includes the 'Protecting Your Super' legislation, which came into effect on 1 July 2019 (to protect super savings from unnecessary erosion by fees and insurance costs) and the 'Putting Member's Interests First' legislation, which came into ...

Super fees hit record lows: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... the average was 1.12%. Not-for-profits came out on top as the lowest cost strategies. Responsible for 52% of total super savings, fees paid by NFP fund members account for the same amount in fee revenue. In contrast, retail fund members are paying 29% ...

AIST pushes for policy reform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... these days without one commentator or another suggesting that Australians should be allowed to tap into mandatory super savings to buy their first home," Scheerlinck said "Aside from the negative impact this would have people's retirement incomes; it ...