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Superannuation

The super funds taking the multi-billion dollar hits from early release

Superannuation fund members returning to access the $10,000 second tranche of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime have dominated the latest Aust...

Financial planning

Aussie passports hold up in face of COVID-19 restrictions

Holding an Australian passport is likely to be welcomed at airports worldwide although the US passport will under scrutiny as a result of travel restrictions imposed by C...

Superannuation

ATO approval of early release ‘no rubber stamp’

Members who have accessed hardship early release superannuation should understand that they may be audited by the Australian Taxation Office to determine whether they wer...

Superannuation

The slowest funds to pay early access

Almost all of BT’s Advance Retirement Suite early access to super payments have taken between six to nine days, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...

Funds management

Melbourne wealth firm calls out likelihood of depression

Nucleus Wealth claims to have foreseen the implications of COVID-19 and de-risked its clients early – now it is pointing to the possibility of a global depression....