Robin Ellison: Why regulators are getting it wrong

Stephanie Baxter
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In a hard-hitting interview with Stephanie Baxter, the former chairman of Carillion Pension Trustees explains why he thinks a blame culture and too much red tape are damaging pensions and why he feels regulators are getting it wrong.

Robin Ellison is well known for his dislike of excessive red tape in pensions and has openly criticised The Pensions Regulator (TPR) on many an occasion. But his disapproval of too much regulation ...

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