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Showing 11 - 20 of 79 results for "Super Consumers Australia"

Deadline approaches for Shield, First Guardian victims

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... Master Funds, as the deadline for some fast approaches. Funded by ASIC, the new website was launched by Super Consumers Australia (SCA) to provide detailed information and self-help tools for those who invested and lost their super in Shield and First ...

Renters need twice as much super, risk poverty in retirement: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... double the amount in superannuation for a comfortable retirement compared to homeowners, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). The 2026 Retirement Savings Targets for Renters compiled by SCA estimates a couple who rents needs $786,000 combined ...

Comfortable retirement requires $432k in super: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) states that a financially comfortable retirement requires $432,000 in superannuation for couples and $322,000 for singles who are homeowners. SCA's modelling, which is based on Australians owning their homes outright ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... breaking anti-hawking laws because consumers consented to being contacted by providing their details. Super Consumers Australia director or advocacy (policy) Jessica Spence 02 says it's no surprise Australia's superannuation industry is a magnet ...

Super funds should prompt members on death benefits: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has called on superannuation funds to do more to prompt members to complete a binding nomination and clearly communicate why it is important they have one. This comes as SCA released new research showing that 36% of Australians ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) is calling on the government to alter anti-hawking legislation to ensure consistency between selling financial services and financial products. In response to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consultation ...

TPD claim settlements take 'considerably longer': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... proceedings against AustralianSuper over the delayed processing of some 7000 death benefit claims in March. Super Consumers Australia has also highlighted that a substantial number of Australians are unaware or do not understand the coverage of the default ...

Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... superannuation fees doesn't equate to getting death benefits paid out faster, according to research by Super Consumers Australia (SCA). In the wake of a review by ASIC into death benefit claims handling practices of superannuation trustees last month ...

Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... trust, noting this recent attack wasn't just an attack on individual funds but the whole system. Super Consumers Australia (SCA) also condemned the superannuation industry's handling of cybersecurity, describing the recent attacks as "shocking ...

Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... insurance cover through their superannuation that they don't know about or understand, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). SCA found that 19% of people are unsure whether they have insurance in their super and a further 9% don't know what their ...