COVID-19 continued to be top of mind for advisers and their clients in the September quarter, according to BT Financial Group....
As Senator Andrew Bragg calls for open access for super, Aware Super has reiterated calls for a clear industry objective to be in place....
Far from embarking on spending sprees, the majority of those who accessed their superannuation early used the funds for paying off household bills or mortgages, according...
Superannuation funds did not misuse intra-fund advice with respect to either early release superannuation or insurance, according to the Australian Securities and Investm...
CPA Australia has not only backed industry funds on urging the Government to use the Budget to allow early release superannuation top-ups but has also backed funding a th...
Ten superannuation funds experienced outflows in excess of a billion dollars as a result of the Government’s COVID-19 hardship superannuation early release regime, with i...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission need only regulate in the same terms it did for early release superannuation advice to extend intra-fund advice, acco...
2020 was the year of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation scheme and it was also a year during which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...
When the Government’s early release superannuation scheme comes to an end, 10 funds will have made over 60% of the payments, most of them being industry funds....
Some superannuation funds have been confirmed as having faced a liquidity squeeze as a result of the Government’s early release superannuation regime while some members l...
Superannuation members who took advantage of the early access to super scheme could tilt their investment strategy instead of making extra contributions to recover their ...
Less than 24 hours out from the tabling of the Federal Budget, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume, has spoken of a third tranche of superannuati...
A pause in the superannuation guarantee at its current 9.5% is looking almost certain in next month’s Budget and no one is ruling out a further extension to hardship earl...
At least two companies were warned by the regulator to stop charging fees ranging from $199 to $299 for facilitating superannuation early release when the process is mean...
Hostplus openly offered members comprehensive advice around the Government’s hardship early release scheme but most only wanted general advice about how it worked and how...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...