covid-19

Superannuation

If the Government continues to use the early release of superannuation as a tool likely to be used in extreme situations, super funds need to consider their liquidity req...

Superannuation

Almost one million superannuation members who accessed the Government’s early access to super scheme have either closed or have less than $1,000 in their account....

Superannuation

There were a further 21,000 superannuation members who applied for the early release of their super in the week before the scheme ended, with 31% representing repeat appl...

Superannuation

With a number of superannuation funds having confirmed investment switching by fund trustees and executives during the early COVID-19 market volatility, the Australian Se...

Superannuation

The median growth superannuation fund is set to finish the calendar year at 3%, according to Chant West....

Superannuation

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

Industry fund, UniSuper has gone to the trouble of explaining to a Parliamentary Committee how a former senior executive of the fund switched investments around the time ...

Superannuation

A combination of the COVID-19-induced market volatility plus early release superannuation has seen Australia’s total superannuation assets go backwards....

Features

With just weeks given to superannuation funds to build processes for the early release of super scheme, much of their success in paying $34.8 billion to over four million...

Superannuation

The difficulties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic has been reflected in the fact that only 10 balanced super funds have managed to make a return so far this year, with th...

Superannuation

The COVID-19 early release superannuation scheme has forced people to choose between poverty now or poverty in retirement, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trus...

Superannuation

The pandemic has allowed superannuation funds to have more iterative dialogue and real conversations with the regulator rather than crafting perfect communications, accor...

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

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Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

5 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

5 months ago

Iress has issued an update denying the validity of “certain statements” made today by an alleged threat actor....

1 day 18 hours ago

The research house has offered a silver lining after super fund returns saw the end of a five-month streak last month....

2 days 19 hours ago

A survey of almost 6,000 fund members has identified weakening retirement confidence, particularly among those under 55 years of age, signalling an opportunity for super ...

2 days 19 hours ago