Superannuation
Serious and organised crime targeting super scheme: ASIC
Organised crime groups, real estate agents and property developers have taken advantage of the government's early access to super scheme, according to ASIC.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Opinion
The six-letter acronym making ethical investing mainstream
ESG investing has often been cast off as too expensive or low yielding, but the rise and rise of ESG Exchange Traded Funds tells another story.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Affordable housing
Industry super funds pressure government to reform tax, prioritise affordable housing
Industry superannuation funds are urging federal and state governments to overhaul the tax system, make affordable housing more lucrative for institutional investors and form a new national low-cost property strategy.
- by Jennifer Duke
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Super wars
Government resists pressure to abandon 'controversial' rise to super
Jane Hume says the government has no plans to backflip on the legislated increase to the super guarantee, but it will be controversial to keep it.
- by Jennifer Duke and Nick Bonyhady
Super wars
'Should be rationalisation': Paul Keating pushes for super funds to merge
Paul Keating has encouraged smaller industry super funds to merge in a bid to protect them from job losses in their industries and bolster performance.
- by Jennifer Duke
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New Hope Corporation
Unisuper dumps coal assets as sector turns its back on fossil fuels
Unisuper has dropped its holdings in three ASX-listed energy companies but would not comment on whether this was a broader thermal exclusion across the fund.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Industrial relations
Former ACTU boss says workers have shouldered enough pandemic costs
Bill Kelty said consensus-driven reform with unions and business groups was smart, but attacked calls for more flexibility in Australia's industrial regime.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Coronavirus pandemic
Young Australians ramp up their early superannuation claims
Young people have increased the size of their early superannuation withdrawals amid warnings they could get caught by JobSeeker access rules by year's end.
- by Shane Wright
Coronavirus pandemic
'We give money to people on their say so': ATO admits no checks on early super access
Banks have revealed people are using money from the early access super scheme to pay down their mortgages and buy new homes.
- by Shane Wright and Clancy Yeates
Opinion
Interest rates
Low rates long-term threat to retirement funds
Super fund members face a conundrum thanks to the pandemic: Accept that the cost of retirement will need to be funded by additional current income or risk having less to live off when they stop work.
- by Kirsten Temple
Super & retirement
Funds warn against delay in compulsory super increases
The extension of the early super release scheme strengthens the case for the legislated rise in compulsory super to 12 per cent to go ahead, says the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia.
- by John Collett