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Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... some people will lose access to affordable default insurance cover in their super," Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said. "The greatest benefit of default insurance is its ability to share risk among a large group of people ...

SCA slams five super funds' junk insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... organisation. Each of these funds continue to apply junk terms to members once they are unemployed for six months, SCA director Xavier O'Halloran said. "The only exception is NGS, which applies the terms to those unemployed for just three months," ...

Why are YFYS test scores a secret?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... members," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said in post-result comments. Meanwhile, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said it did not matter if consumers knew by how much their funds passed or failed. "I think the most important ...

Consumer group slams super self-assessments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... by the regulator as having high fees or poor performance over the same time period," Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said. The research also found that documents were overwhelmingly hard to find on 69% of fund websites, 69% of ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... doesn't have to pay taxes. The paper goes on to refer to Grattan Institute's Brendan Coates and Super Consumers Australia's Xavier O'Halloran as supportive of the idea of a default superannuation manager. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Life insurers getting into rehab concerning: SCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... Life insurers offering rehabilitation services of policyholders has its demerits, says Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran. Speaking at a panel on the future of life insurance in Australia, O' Halloran said while insurers getting ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... 40% of the mergers we analysed. All of these underperforming funds have already finalised their mergers." SCA director Xavier O'Halloran said it is clear that in superannuation size matters. "Responsible super funds are looking to find merger partners ...

RC recommendations closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... penalty of up to 300 penalty units, the bill shows. Commenting on the new legislation, director of Super Consumers Australia Xavier O'Halloran said the cost of being sold into a poor quality super fund can mean the difference between a comfortable ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... maximum benefit of the legislated SG increase." Super Consumers Australia was more positive about the reforms, with director Xavier O'Halloran saying the changes would likely leave people better off in retirement. "Superannuation account stapling means ...

Super advocate takes FSC to task over TPD tests

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... ensuring COVID-19 doesn't trigger any automatic changes to their cover. However, Super Consumers Australia chief executive Xavier O'Halloran said the initiative is an acknowledgement that TPD cover is inappropriate for unemployed people and those ...