Over a quarter of DC members have never checked their pension online

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Martin Richmond
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Over a quarter of DC members have never checked their pension online

More than a quarter of defined contribution (DC) savers have at no time researched how much they have saved into their pension, findings from Barnett Waddingham show.

Research by the consultancy of 2,000 workers in the UK who are currently paying into a DC pension showed 28% have never logged in to their accounts to establish how much they have saved into their ...

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