CFFC paper on retirement villages was shoddy work

CFFC paper on retirement villages was shoddy work
Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson will report later this week.
Jenny Ruth
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing and, when you're putting forward an argument, it pays to get your facts right.Because nothing undermines your case like getting it wrong.What I've taken from the Commission For Financial Capability's white paper published in December on the legislative framework governing retirement villages was how shoddy, facile and asinine some of its assertions are.This paper was the basis of the CFFC's consultation with retirement village operators, residents and other interested parties about the...

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