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This ex cricketer turned adviser reveals his best and worst investments

Peter Nevill says the importance of financial literacy really came to the fore after nearly losing his job at 23.

Lucy Dean
Lucy DeanWealth reporter

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The worst investment former cricketer Peter Nevill ever made was Retail Food Group. Not because it did too badly at the time he was holding it, but that he just sold it too quickly.

“I actually didn’t do badly out of it, but it was ridiculously stupid because I held them for a period of maybe 15 months before I settled on an apartment,” says the former cricketer and now financial adviser.

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Lucy Dean writes about wealth management, personal finance, lifestyle and leisure, based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney newsroom. Connect with Lucy on Twitter. Email Lucy at l.dean@afr.com

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