Buzz: Industry supports default fund charge cap

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The majority of this week's respondents supported the idea of capping default fund charges for default funds in schemes used as auto-enrolment vehicles.

Three out of ten contributors rejected the suggestion. "A cap should be on the scheme charge including the default fund," said one commentator. "More expensive and sophisticated funds can contin...

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