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The move from defined benefit to defined contribution represents a huge transfer of responsibility from employer to employee, meaning member communication has never been more important, as Sebastian Cheek explains

Not so long ago employers offered defined benefit schemes - the holy grail of pensions - into which an employee enrolled shortly after beginning employment, and then when they turned 64 went knocki...

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