DC members losing up to £3600 a year by investing in default funds

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DEFINED contribution scheme members could be losing up to £3600 a year by investing in default fund options, latest research by Fidelity International claims.

The pension provider’s research found that as many as 90pc of DC scheme members choose to invest their contributions in a default fund – a move that it said meant they could miss out on funds that ...

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