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Know your fees to avoid a rip-off

INVESTING MANAGED FUNDS

Managed funds can be a great way to invest, especially if you’re after a “set and forget” investing tool. The key to getting the most out of your managed fund is to find one that will make you as wealthy as possible by the time you withdraw your money, without exposing you to too much unnecessary investment risk along the way. To achieve this, your fund must earn consistently strong rates of investment returns - year in, year out.

To give you a better chance of building your retirement savings, it helps if your managedreturns after all the fees are taken out; it is no more complicated than that.

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