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Would you accept seven weeks without bank access? Why is super different?
Consider this — you try to log into your bank account to move some money around to pay a bill.…
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‘Just gobsmacked’: HESTA and regulator face criticism over super outage
Daniella Paidi received a distressed call from a client who realised he was at risk of losing his home deposit…
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Selling super tax changes will require a steadfast advocacy from decades past
One of the unfortunate aspects of a period of less than edifying politics is that politicians don’t feel compelled to…
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Some HESTA members ‘caught unawares’ by super fund outage
Superannuation fund HESTA’s seven-week outage has caused financial havoc for member Jan Massey, who says being unable to access her…
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The tradie problem fuelling the housing crisis needs more than a quick fix
As part of its housing policy, the Coalition has come up with two of the most ridiculed public policy efforts…
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One of Australia’s biggest super funds is freezing services until June
Members of superannuation fund HESTA will be unable to move their money until June, in a planned outage affecting more…
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Experts divided on first home buyers using superannuation for housing
With home ownership further out of reach than ever for younger Australians, some are pondering whether their locked-away retirement funds…
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Experts warn against ‘knee-jerk reactions’ to superannuation slump
Superannuation balances have taken a hit after the share market dropped more than 4 per cent today, taking losses to…
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Australia will soon be second in the world for retirement savings
Millions. Billions. Trillions — the dollars held by Australian workers in superannuation can make you dizzy. “There’s $4.2 trillion of…
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What does a ‘slow motion sell-down’ mean for our superannuation?
The Australian share market is now close to what financial market participants call a “technical correction”. That is, a fall…
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