NAPF Conference Round-up: Day 1

Jonathan Stapleton
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Mark Hyde Harrison said he wanted to use the opening speech of the conference - his last as chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) - to get the debate going.

And he did - calling for a single regulator for pensions; telling the EU to stop tinkering with DB schemes but asking them to get more involved in defined contribution (DC) instead; and launching a...

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