Aussie Ex Pats : acessing superanunation from the UK ?

[Rider007]

I have a quite substantial amount of retirement fund in Oz and wanting to draw down after qualified for retirement age. I don't have an Oz bank account anymore. Has anyone opened an Oz bank account from the UK so that Sunsuper now Australian Retirement Trust , can pay into a oz account and I can then send on to a uk oz $ account and exchange ?. Surely there must me a simply way ?. They won't post me an aussie cheque directly only electronic transfer.

[Oortam]

I have a small amount in an Aussie superanuation account and they won't send it electronically, only send me a cheque direct. I had to jump through hoops to get them to do that. I'm with BT Super so it looks like they all make their own rules.

[MustangGT]

Have you tried Revolut or similar. Each currency appears in the local format so can be seen as 'local'?

[TVR1]

Rider007 said:

I have a quite substantial amount of retirement fund in Oz and wanting to draw down after qualified for retirement age. I don't have an Oz bank account anymore. Has anyone opened an Oz bank account from the UK so that Sunsuper now Australian Retirement Trust , can pay into a oz account and I can then send on to a uk oz $ account and exchange ?. Surely there must me a simply way ?. They won't post me an aussie cheque directly only electronic transfer.

It shouldn’t be a problem to have it sent to a Uk account.
All they would need is the IBAN number etc. that’s how I had mine sent a few ago.

Other question, although I’m assuming you have, are you a perm resident or citizen? The qualifying age rules are different. I managed to stay in Oz for 9 years without becoming a permie so draw down rules didn’t apply.

Subsequently became a Perm resident after my 3 year exclusion but not before I withdrew my super.

Edited by TVR1 on Friday 23 December 12:48

[BertBert]

I got HSBC in the UK to set me up with an AUD denominated account for share-based payments from Aus. Might work?