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In the second of our series of fortnightly interviews with scheme managers, JENNA TOWLER talks to Electricity Supply Pension Scheme chief executive RICHARD BARLOW about the role of trustees in the credit crunch and the detrimental effect of regulation on the pensions landscape

  Long before the credit crunch and the global financial crisis struck, Electricity Supply Pension Scheme chief executive Richard Barlow could see a storm brewing for defined benefit pensions...

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