Thousands of KiwiSaver members who switched funds during Covid could be missing out on potential higher returns

New Westpac data shows it processed about 18-thousand requests to switch from a growth to conservative funds during market uncertainty between February and March 2020.

It's projecting someone with 25-thousand dollars going Conservative then, would have about 388-thousand-dollars by 2054.

Had they stayed with Growth, they'd have about 615-thousand -- a gap of more than 225-thousand-dollars.