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Top adviser queries revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... advisers are asking at the moment, with the team frequently fielding queries on early access to super and new social security measures. The queries included understanding the eligibility rules surrounding JobSeeker payments and supplements, which employers ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... asset-backed CDOs before the Great Financial Crisis in that price-setting in that market was not done by fundamental security-level analysis, but by massive capital flows based on Nobel-approved models of risk that proved to be untrue." The growing trillions ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... need to happen to that system in order to produce what we would consider to be an adequate retirement, but the social security element of it gets forgotten." Delahunty added the argument over whether 9.5% or 12% SG is enough is still predicated on what ...

ERS at risk of significant delays: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... for legitimate claimants. In an update, the ATO said to be eligible a permanent resident must be eligible for a social security payment (jobseeker, youth allowance etc) or been made redundant, had working hours reduced by 20% or more or a 20% reduction ...

Australia to lean on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... the "opportunity to offset some of the losses they had incurred through the market falls and strengthen their financial security for the remainder of their retirement". The superannuation sector's response to the government's decision has varied ...

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... an opportunity to offset some of the losses they had incurred through the market falls and strengthen their financial security for the remainder of their retirement," De Gori wrote. The FPA chief said the association believes a similar approach would ...

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... supporting pooling solutions (as it has done recently with rule changes for annuities), while ensuring an appropriate social security safety net is in place." The industry super lobby fired back, poking holes in the methodology of ANU's work and claiming ...

Life insurers lost $3.4b over five years: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... "Zurich...welcomes efforts made to ensure the long term sustainability of a product that is vital for protecting the financial security of Australians," Zurich said. "Zurich will comply with all regulatory changes, and will review and consider all recommendations ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... unintended consequences related to products shutting down have not been dealt with, specifically the additional tax and social security losses consumers will face as their investments and super products are closed down." Last month, Lifespan Financial ...

Women overlooked by retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... policy settings and structural, economic, social and demographic drivers were combining to see more women without economic security in retirement. "There is a crisis in women's retirement happening all around us," Wood said. Weighing in, Australian Institute ...