One in eight members at 'high risk' of poor retirement decisions

Michael Klimes
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More than half of retirees could be at risk of making poor decisions with their defined contribution (DC) savings by 2024, warns the Pensions Policy Institute.

The organisation said the number of medium risk and high risk retirees could more than double from 100,000 next year to 240,000 in a decade. The high risk group equates to 694,000 people or 12% ...

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