Life savings – swapping the B-word for the F-word

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Tue, 25 Jan 2022

What if the conventional bucket list now starts with the letter F, and not B, for some of the population?The conventional bucket list full of Bs involves a group of activities or achievements that a person hopes to achieve in their lifetime, traditionally summed up in New Zealand as: “The boat, the bach and the Beemer [BMW]” The F version has more Freddy Mercury about it, as in “I want it all, and I want it now” and having the financial firepower to achieve it.We have an ageing population that has seen an unpre...

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