FTSE schemes adopt defaults but 20% are substandard

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FTSE100 company defined contribution schemes' use of default options has increased from 82% to 92% over the past year but a fifth of defaults do not meet government standards, a consultant says.

More than half of FTSE100 schemes have over 90% of their members invested in the default option, Towers Watson research said. Around 20% of those companies have carried out risk assessment exerc...

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