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The regulatory body will restart licensing activity for banks, insurers, and super funds with the first phase to start in September, 2020, and the second in March, 2021....

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Superannuation funds are carrying out double-checks around surprisingly high instances of different bank account numbers being used by members seeking early access to sup...

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Seven super funds have been classifying new members as ‘smokers’ by default and over 5,000 members will receive $3.6 million in compensation....

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Superannuation funds may not necessarily be held responsible for making good the losses caused by fraud around the Government’s hardship superannuation early release regi...

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A more than $1 trillion impact on superannuation assets is being forecast over the next 10 years as industry superannuation funds warn the Government against further exte...

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New data has revealed the degree to which Self-Managed Superannuation Funds are facing a decade of struggle as the COVID-19 pandemic and associated measures undercuts the...

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People accessing early release superannuation for a second time are on average taking more the second time around....

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The Federal Government has been accused of abrogating its responsibilities by using early release superannuation as income support – something which is expensive for supe...

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Data analysis around the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime has revealed that the ‘rivers of gold’ inflows generated by the superannuation guarante...

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AMP Limited has declared it would not use AMP superannuation fund monies for political purposes but has reserved the right to do so separate from the interests of superan...

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The Federal Government should deliver superannuation funds a reduction in regulatory levies equal to the amount of money withdrawn from superannuation under the hardship ...

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The Financial Services Council has lent its weight to the SMSF Association’s push to clear the way for self-managed funds to invest in infrastructure....

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