Asset managers to fight for DC default fund design

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Asset management firms will push to take control of defined contribution default fund design as the market develops more sophisticated strategies, the Investment Management Association predicts.

Fund managers currently focus on the management of underlying assets and the manufacture of funds, but a report by the IMA says default strategy design, such as target dated and lifestyle funds, wi...

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