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Despite recent cybersecurity attacks to Australia, the nation’s Superannuation Transaction Network is well positioned to withstand cyberattacks....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry Super Australia has backed the Australian Taxation Office’s promised crack-down on the misuse of early release superannuation, particularly with respect to tax m...

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Financial planning

Nearly 80% of current and prospective retirees failed to get any financial advice during the recent market crash, and one-in-five believe advice is only “for the rich” ac...

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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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Superannuation

Answers delivered to a key Parliamentary Committee have revealed just what superannuation fund members pay for both comprehensive and intra-fund advice....

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Financial planning

Association of Financial Advisers chief executive, Phil Kewin, wants a Choice executive to withdraw a statement suggesting financial advisers can’t be trusted to act in c...

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Superannuation

Hostplus has said it has ample liquidity available to support members undergoing financial hardship due to COVID-19 but warned it would substantially reduce member’s fina...

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Financial planning

Unemployment in Australia could reach 11% by June, according to Westpac chief economist Bill Evans, up from its original forecast of 7%, in light of the “extraordinary ti...

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Superannuation

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...

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Superannuation

The Government will allow financially-stressed individuals to access tax-free of up to $10,000 of their superannuation in 2019-20 and a further $10,000 in 2020-21....

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Superannuation

There will be no income or assets tests for individuals who are eligible for early release of superannuation, which was announced on Sunday as a part of the government’s ...

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Superannuation

The Government has announced that workers who lose their jobs will be able to drawdown $10,000 from their superannuation to cover losses caused by COVID-19. ...

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Superannuation

Relaxing the taper rate on the Age Pension and increasing rent assistance will do more for retirement income than increasing the SG, the Grattan Institute believes....

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Policy & Regulation

A coalition of consumer groups has pointed to key changes to advice and life insurance resulting from the Royal Commission and insisted on no loopholes and no carve-outs....

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People & Products

Alexis Rouch has been appointed as chief technology officer by the self-managed superannuation fund software company, as it undergoes a transformative business strategy....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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