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Where has over one third of my investment GONE, AEGON?

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My pension pot was with Scottish Equitable, now Aegon. From 2017 to 2020 the value increased by almost 18% - excellent! But since then it's dropped by over 35%, mostly over the last 12 months. OK, there's a war going on in Europe, but how could the so-called Fund Manager allow it to crash so badly - especially as it's a supposedly a safe retirement fund with 75% in government bonds and 25% in cash? Reviewed on: 25th January 2023
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Loosing value

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I had a pension pot with Friends Life which was transferred to Aviva. At first it seemed to be doing well with Aviva, with a fund value of £20827 in 2018, £21707 in 2019, then £23534 in 2020. But, since then, it's fallen to £22786 in April 2021, and now it's down to £18014. That's a loss of over 23% since 2020 (or 13.5% since 2018). Of course, values can fluctuate, but this downward trend is very worrying. Reviewed on: 28th January 2022
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