early access to superannuation

EARLY ACCESS TO SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The 10 super funds which paid half of all early release payments

Ten big superannuation funds have been revealed as going the heavy lifting on superannuation hardship early release....

Financial planning

ASIC bundles advisers in with early release scammers

Financial advisers have been lumped in with people the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleges are involved in inappropriate behaviour around superannuat...

Superannuation

The slowest funds to pay early access

Almost all of BT’s Advance Retirement Suite early access to super payments have taken between six to nine days, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...

Superannuation

Financial hardship payments up 200 times

An estimated 855,000 early release of superannuation payments have been made totalling $7.1 billion by 30 April, according to an industry body....

Financial planning

Industry groups create ROA template for early super access

FPA, SMSFA, CA ANZ, CPA Australia and IPA financial adviser and registered tax agent members have been provided a template record of advice for clients looking to access ...

Superannuation

Is the Govt’s hardship access to super regime open to rorting?

The Government needs to rethink its approach to hardship early access to superannuation to ensure the criteria is tightened and the possibility of rorting removed, accord...