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Looking for a financial adviser? 6 expert tips to find the best one for you

  • Written by Ama Samarasinghe, Lecturer, RMIT University
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Financial decisions can make an enormous difference to the rest of your life.

As an example, the difference between having superannuation in one of the top-performing quarter of funds compared to bottom-performing quarter can mean retiring with about A$1.1 million instead of $610,000, according to calculations by the Productivity...

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