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After a lifetime studying superannuation, here are 5 things I wish I knew earlier

  • Written by: Susan Thorp, Professor of Finance, University of Sydney
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Amassing the wealth needed to support retirement by regular saving is a monumental test of personal planning and discipline. Fortunately for most Australian workers, the superannuation system can help.

Superannuation uses the carrot of tax incentives, and the sticks of compulsion and limited access, to make us save for retirement.

There...

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