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Government under pressure to act on retirement products
The government is under mounting pressure to decide the level of incentives that will be given to encourage older Australians to take up retirement products.
Sally Patten writes on Personal Finance specialising in Superannuation & SMSFs, Tax, Managed Funds. Based in our Sydney newsroom, Sally is Fairfax Business Media's Personal Finance editor and has more than 20 year experience in journalism, working in UK, Hong Kong and Australia.
The government is under mounting pressure to decide the level of incentives that will be given to encourage older Australians to take up retirement products.
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