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Why the Reserve Bank should fund super funds during the COVID-19 crisis

  • Written by Kevin Davis, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne
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A significant number of wealthy individuals have used the ability of self managed super funds (SMSFs) to borrow for property and other investments to supercharge their funds.

It is not something done by retail and industry funds.

According to freedom of information documents obtained by the Australian Financial Review, in 2018 the...

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