Fifth of schemes not reviewed default strategy after April freedoms

Michael Klimes
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Almost a fifth of schemes have not reviewed their default investment strategy in light of freedom and choice according to Lifesight, the master trust owned by Willis Towers Watson.

According to the firm's Pension Design Survey 2015: how employers are embracing freedom and choice, 80% of contract-based and trust-based schemes surveyed had examined their default investment appr...

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