JANE HUME

Superannuation

With the average early release superannuation draw-down standing at slightly over $8,000 and with the load spread across virtually superannuation funds, the industry is h...

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Superannuation

The risk for people seeking early access to their superannuation is that they will drive their balances so low that they lose their insurance access....

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Superannuation

The vast majority of eligible Australians should receive early superannuation payments within five business days, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

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Financial planning

The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume has welcomed the changes by the corporate regulator to assist co...

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has issued an undertaking on behalf of the major life insurers covering the rights of frontline health and other workers in the face of COV...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds which have focused on members in single industries and single groups only have themselves to blame if they have found themselves in trouble amid job ...

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Superannuation

Amid concerns about appropriately identifying superannuation fund members for hardship early release, the Government has said that the Australian Taxation Office alone wi...

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Superannuation

The government has looked to increase flexibility in how Australians save as they transition to retirement with draft legislation allowing people aged 65 and 66 to make v...

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Superannuation

The Government is committed to removing restrictions regarding superannuation fund choice but will not prevent a default fund being specified in an award....

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Funds management

Industry funds-backed IFM Investors has taken a lashing from the Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Senator Jane Hume, over its payment of $12.7 million bonus to ...

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Tech

Fintechs will now have a regulatory sandbox that will allow them to test new products and services for 24 months without obtaining a financial services or credit licence....

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Superannuation

The superannuation industry is now big enough and old enough to be broken away from the “coddling’ of the industrial relations system, according to the Federal Government...

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Superannuation

Some superannuation funds may have increased their fees simply because they had run down their administration fees to historical lows, according to the Assistant Minister...

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Superannuation

Legislation will be introduced next year to allow trustees to voluntarily transfer any amount of inactive low balance accounts to the tax office, spelling the beginning o...

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Financial planning

Advisers with more than 20 years of experience are likely to be the most dissatisfied with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime....

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