40% of DC schemes cannot afford to think long-term during Covid-19

Hope William-Smith
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Short-term actions are dominating the thinking of many defined contribution (DC) schemes as the coronavirus pandemic continues, Aon research finds.

Over a third of respondents (40%) to a poll conducted at the consultancy's 2020 DC & Financial Wellbeing virtual conference said they had not yet considered their long-term objectives as short-term...

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