Buzz: What does the future hold for master trusts?

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Pensions Buzz contributors were split over what the master trust market will look like in ten years time, or whether it would still exist.

The most likely development however, was that the market would come to be dominated by a small number of big commercial operators. _________________________________________________ Question: ...

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