DC failure on turning members into 'investment experts'

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Defined contribution investment strategies must focus more on member outcomes and less on turning savers into investment experts to succeed during auto-enrolment, consultants say.

Speaking this morning at a Professional Pensions conjecture debate, the panel said the industry had tried to too hard on educating savers about financial instruments when picking DC investment stra...

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