Revealed: The disparity in DC default value added

DWA analysis reveals a £2,923 value gap in first quarter DC default performance

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DWA’s Dean Wetton says the disparity in DC default fund performance needs to be explained better by schemes and understood better by members.

Most employees have no idea how their workplace pension is performing relative to other schemes and a request to their human resources department or wealth manager is unlikely to yield many answers...

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