Wealthy retirees forced to double their superannuation fund withdrawals on July 1 are planning to gift the extra money to their children and grandkids as high interest rates accelerate generational wealth transfers, financial advisers say.
Pandemic measures halving the drawdown rate – the minimum amount that retirees must take out of their superannuation every year – lapse on Saturday.
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