FSC

While she acknowledged some in the industry may be resistant to expanding the scope of who can provide advice, the principal architect of the Quality of Advice Review urged support for its adoption, saying her recommendations are good for advisers and, most importantly, for consumers.

The superannuation industry is deeply divided over whether the government’s decision to change the super early release rules is really in the interest of the super fund members.

The measure allows Australians to apply via myGov for access of up to $10,000 of their superannuation from April this year and an additional $10,000 from July 1 2020 for another three months.