Self-select funds outperform average default fund by 4.9%, says research

Kim Kaveh
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The average pot size for members who actively select funds is £29,996 compared to just £3,790 for a defaulter, according to a study by Hargreaves Lansdown.

The poll, which involved the top 10 fund choices made in over 300 pension schemes covering 80,000 members as of June 2017, also showed choosers outperformed defaulters by an average of 4.6% over on...

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