'Smart save' essential to DC

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Employers with defined contribution pension schemes need to implement a "smart-save" system in order to increase the level of contributions, BlackRock says.

Head of DC sales Emma Douglas explained employees were currently failing to save enough to ensure a good standard of living in retirement. She said a smart-save scheme – where pension contribut...

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