DC pots worth less than cash contributions

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Many defined contribution members' pension pots are worth less than the cash contributions into them, PricewaterhouseCoopers research reveals.

The firm's analysis revealed a 50 year-old who had been paying 5% of his salary for the last 10 years into a DC pensions pot invested in equities would have seen an annual loos of around 3% per ann...

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