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Unclaimed Money
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (“ASIC”) hold the federal records for all unclaimed monies.
Unclaimed money can originate from: Banks and other Authorized Deposit-taking Institutions; Life Insurance companies and Benefit Fund Friendly Societies; First Home Saver Accounts; Companies with unclaimed money such as resulting from the liquidation of a company.
Money is transferred to the ASIC un...

Following the death of a member of a super fund the trustee is responsible for administering the members balance by way of payout to beneficiaries or by allocating to a reversionary pension. To remove this uncertainty we recommend that members consider a Binding Death Benefit Nomination. Many of our funds have non-binding nominations in place that can be used by the trustee as a guide when distributing death benefits. The problem is that ultimately with a non-binding nominatio...