There are no facts: long-term retirement saving truths

There are no facts: long-term retirement saving truths
David Chaplin
The long-awaited Australian ‘Retirement Income Review’ landed with a twang last week.Despite its broad Aussie accent, the 648-page report is worth a skim; even by Kiwis.In a section titled ‘The importance of establishing the facts and gathering the evidence’, the report makes one of the most honest assessments of big picture retirement system planning ever committed to paper.The retirement income debate “can be very intense”, the RIR says, with theories bandied around as “if they were indisputable facts...

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