DC membership soars 62.5% in 2016; active membership hits all time high - ONS stats

James Phillips
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Occupational pension scheme membership hit yet another record high in 2016, with more than 39.2 million saving through their workplace, latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveal.

The membership is up 17.1% from 2015, when it was 33.5 million. This growth is even starker in terms of active defined contribution (DC) membership, which saw a 62.5% jump over the year. At the end...

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