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Affordable housing super's Achilles' heel: Weaven

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... not going to be fixed quickly, and as long as it's not addressed, I think it's going to be the political Achilles heel for the superannuation sector." TelstraSuper chair Anne-Marie O'Loghlin agreed that super funds have a role to play in ...

Industry bodies react to APRA review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... non-default 'choice' super products where more than $1 trillion of super savings is invested, has been the Achilles heel of our super system," Goodwin said. " She added it was in members' interests for the government to prioritise the recommendations ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... long-term Australia's debt sustainability should not be an issue and government-issued debt will not be a major Achilles heel, he said. Meijers added Australia scores favourably in the RobecoSAM Country Sustainability Ranking - well in the top 10 among ...

Australia ranks sixth in global pension survey

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... for the purchasing power of retirees. The report highlighted Australia's generous social security benefits as an 'achilles heel' because of their impact on government expenditure and capacity to add to the national deficit. Performing well in life expectancy ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... in the first place - choice, control and cost effectiveness - are under threat and stand to become the market's Achilles heel. While there are no simple solutions to this dilemma, the SMSF market must come to terms with this vulnerability and actively ...

Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... process, the middle office - where the economic details of trades are confirmed before settlement - has often been the Achilles heel due to lack of automation," he said.

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... to deliver high yield without persistent high concentrations towards just a few particular sectors which is the Achilles heel of many other yield strategies. Hence, the strategy's high yield is not delivered at the expense of capital growth or market ...

Realindex tops $2bn in FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... cap weightings used by equity indices, and by extension, index funds. "We think that cap weighted investing has an Achilles heel, and that is based around the notion that markets are inefficient. So you are going to be overweight overvalued companies ...

Magnitude on the lookout for practices in growth phase

Magnitude Financial Planning, the financial planning business of BT Financial Group, has announced a tie-up with regional NSW-based financial planning group QUBE, a maiden deal ahead of a series of similar tie-ups this year. CEO Mark Spiers said that ...

WRAP - Ratings agencies greet pre-election budget

... AAA rating. He also said net debt was projected to continue its downward trend. Mr Flynn said while the potential "Achilles heel" to Australia's current rating was its high level of external debt, which accounted for about 240% of export revenue, the ...
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