DB 'hysteria' leaves DC flaws undetected

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SIGNIFICANT flaws in defined contribution arrangements are going undetected because of the "hysteria" surrounding a few failed final salary schemes, warns Barnett Waddingham.

Senior partner Adrian Waddingham said DC members were faced with a “double whammy” – shouldering 100pc investment risk while coming to terms with irrational volatility of returns, falling fund valu...

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