Fidelity: 'Gender pension gap' sees women losing out by over 10%

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Young women are likely to end up with a pension pot nearly 11% smaller than that of male counterparts, with a number of barriers preventing women from investing, according to a new report by Fidelity International.

The study, The Financial Power of Women, used research based on interviews with 1,000 women and 1,000 men to discover their views on investing.  Its findings included young women putting money i...

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