Satisfice, don't optimise

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Satisfice is a verb meaning the pursuit of a course of action to satisfy the minimum requirements necessary to achieve a goal. Dana Day and Stefan Lundbergh look at how this applies to pensions.

When investing pension money, our ultimate goal should not be to maximise investment returns; instead we should be aiming to maximise the chance of reaching a scheme's endgame across a wide range o...

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