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Fund consolidation isn't the answer

BY JOHN ABERNETHY | FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019 10:23AM

One common answer to alleviating high costs is to encourage fund 'consolidation.' The PC talks about merging or aggregating retail and industry funds where smaller super ...

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