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Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... difference, 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 ...

Never say never to RBA help: First State Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... the super sector's alleged lack of liquidity make headlines. University of Melbourne professor and Super Consumers Australia director Kevin Davis recently suggested super funds should consider borrowing from the RBA in an arrangement that we see ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... the crisis. Calls for super release to borrow from RBA A University of Melbourne finance professor and Super Consumers Australia director has proposed an alternative solution to soften the blow of COVID-19, one reliant on borrowing funds from the Reserve ...

Industry-made retirement models are self-serving: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has taken a stance against industry-created retirement models, saying Australians deserve realistic retirement income standards. In its submission to the Retirement Income Review (RIR) SCA said existing models pushed ...

Problems persist with PYSP communication: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... 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 appropriately. "Superannuation funds need to do much ...

Industry split over super fee hike

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... 241,000 accounts 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 ...

AMP remediation processes questionable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... just weeks out from 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 ...

SCA drags AMP over claim delays

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has slammed AMP in an open letter to the board; criticising the wealth giant for significant delays in its "abhorrent" handling of group insurance claims. Citing APRA's Life Insurance Claims and Disputes data released ...

Super consumer body grateful for intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
With just 18 months of funding left, Super Consumers Australia has been handed a potential lifeline by the government. After the government announced it would take its first steps towards fulfilling a recommendation of the Productivity Commission to ...

AMP shamed by CHOICE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... accounts within the AMP super products. Cameron Sinclair, a senior policy adviser at the CHOICE-affiliated Super Consumers Australia said AMP has no one to blame but itself. "The financial services giant has a business model that is rotting from the ...