Pessimism strikes pensions

Jack Jones looks at the reasons behind falling economic confidence in the industry

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Regular readers of our Pensions Buzz research might have noticed that confidence in the economy is on the slide. After starting the year on a high, the PP Confidence Index, which tracks sentiment among pensions professionals, has slumped.

Although the index has hit lower levels in the past, the last two months have seen the longest unbroken decline in confidence since the series began in the autumn of 2010. There are plenty of expla...

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