Employers 'wasting' over £85m on trust-based DC

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EMPLOYERS are wasting more than £85m each year on running defined contribution schemes instead of group personal pensions or stakeholder scheme alternatives, a consultant says.

Alexander Forbes Financial Services said there are 66,000 occupational pension schemes in the UK, with nearly a million members in defined contribution schemes alone. The large majority (80,000 m...

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