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Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... SCA said. SCA research found that failed products have on average, experienced a 20.64% reduction in fees. SCA director Xavier O'Halloran commented: "The test is doing what it set out to do, chopping off the tail of poor funds." "The performance test's ...

Four MySuper products fail for second time: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... ways to improve the efficiency of their MySuper products." Commenting on the results, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said they mark a clear sign that the tail of underperforming super funds is being cleaned up. "The bright line ...

Aussies don't need so much in retirement savings: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... industry wide adoption of the targets and the underlying assumptions and research," Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said. "These savings targets are based on what people spend in retirement with a buffer built in to provide confidence ...

Chorus of self-interest in financial advice: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Commission have been forgotten and "a chorus of self-interest has emerged". In a new op-ed, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran has said that, ahead of the Quality of Advice review, super funds are lobbying to remove the consumer protections ...

New initiative calculates how much Aussies need in retirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... confidently spend their retirement savings due to the fear of running out of money in retirement. Super Consumers director Xavier O'Halloran explained this new research aims to address that issue. "Our goal is to develop trustworthy retirement targets ...

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... threshold as anything from inequitable to arbitrary and illogical. Commenting on the move, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said: "Scrapping this dinosaur rule is a step towards making super fairer." He added that the threshold "was ...

Advisers can step up to retirement planning boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... understanding of client attitudes and beliefs that can be most valuable to advisers." Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said the passage of the Retirement Income Covenant legislation yesterday calls for stronger impartial, quality ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... "days"," she said. Given that super funds will likely introduce new options to members, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said this calls for stronger impartial, quality financial advice provided on retirement options. "To make ...

Industry responds to heatmap findings

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... and retirement needs before making decisions based on APRA's heat map publications." Super Consumers Australia's director Xavier O'Halloran welcomed the spotlight APRA is shining on poor performance in the super sector. "We know that highlighting underperformance ...

Retirement Income Covenant hits parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... benefit 300,000 low-income Australians of whom approximately 63% are women," he said. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran commented that the covenant will finally put the onus on funds to contemplate how best to maximise peoples' ...