Small scheme trustees urged to focus on asset allocation big picture

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Trustees of smaller defined benefit schemes are spending too much time debating manager selection and not enough time considering asset allocation, consultants say.

Bluefin director Eamonn O'Connor said trustee boards typically devoted about 90% of the time they spent discussing investment debating fund managers - a decision which only had a 10% effect on asse...

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