Learning from Australia's pensions challenges

PP looks at warnings from the OECD about the UK's direction of travel

Helen Morrissey
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The UK has long looked to the Australian pension system as a model to follow. Helen Morrissey asks if we are right to follow its retirement income example.

Australia's high level of pension coverage and good member engagement are things the UK quite rightly aspires to. The flexibilities announced in last year's Budget also brought the UK's decumula...

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