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Dominic Powell Money Editor Updated September 16, 2025 — 6.24am first published September 14, 2025 — 5.00am

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As workers, we give a lot of agency to our superannuation funds to invest our hard-earned for us, all for the sake of having a nice sized nest egg we can use to live happily out our old age. We generally don’t blink when they plough money into international shares, or bet on hot new start-ups, airports, supermarkets or affordable housing in London.

But there’s one investment many of us get, rightfully, a bit antsy about

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