Almost half of all occupational pension scheme members spend more time reviewing their household bills, than their annual pensions statement, claims research from Watson Wyatt.
The results from Watson Wyatt’s Pension Research Forum, made up of a group of employers and pension providers, revealed 47% of members of both Defined Contribution (DC) and Defined Benefit (DB) schemes spent less than 10 minutes reviewing their statements, while just 14% of DB members and 16% of DC members spent longer than 30 minutes looking at their statements. Figures from the survey, also reveal 84% of DC plan members and 72% of DB plan members believe more could be done to improve the usefulness of their benefit statements. Of the DC members who spent less than 10 minutes reviewing...
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