Was the Queen's Speech a success?

Helen Morrissey
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Last week's Queen's Speech contained a long awaited Pensions Bill to toughen up master trust regulation and plans to streamline the delivery of guidance. Helen Morrissey looks at whether these measures will adequately address problems within the market and whether other areas should also have been included.

At a glance Last week's Queen's Speech was applauded for starting the process of putting long-awaited master trust regulation in place  The Pensions Advisory Service, Pension wise and the Mon...

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