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Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... concerns about the quality of advice provided by super funds has become a central issue. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran believes it is "pretty clear" there is a disconnect between the quality of advice Australians need and what ...

Problems persist with PYSP communication: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... maintaining certain insurance arrangements, with ensuring benefits for those members targeted by the PYSP reforms," she said. Xavier O'Halloran, Super Consumers Australia director has called on superannuation funds to do more to inform customers ...

Industry split over super fee hike

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... with a balance of less than $1000. Half of all its accounts have less than $25,000. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran labelled the justification for the fee underwhelming. "We understand they were one of the biggest beneficiaries ...

AMP remediation processes questionable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... AMP's full-year results, due February 13. In a statement to Financial Standard, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said AMP would have been much better off notifying people of the refunds and giving them a choice as to where ...

SCA drags AMP over claim delays

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... taking an average of 8.3 months to finalise claims. That's compared to an industry standard of five months. SCA director Xavier O'Halloran was disappointed by the data. "It's not good enough that families who are dealing with the tragedy of losing a ...

Super consumer body grateful for intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... represent consumer interests in the industry, and take on the super lobby. Speaking to Financial Standard, the group's director Xavier O'Halloran said the government's intervention was timely with SCA now down to its last 18 months of funding. "And after ...

MySuper not the only problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... research which showed more than 170,000 people were placed in a poor performing super product in 2017-18. SCA acting director Xavier O'Halloran yesterday said more than 176,000 new accounts were created for MySuper products in the bottom quartile for ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... thousands of new members each year through a badly designed default system," said Super Consumers Australia acting director Xavier O'Halloran. He said the superannuation system is an "unlucky lottery" for too many Australians, a situation exacerbated ...

ASIC targets misleading member communication

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... paying close attention to how funds communicate to members about the changes and report those that fall short. According to Xavier O'Halloran, Superannuation Consumers' Centre at CHOICE head of advocacy and campaigns, super funds are potentially ...
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