What were the biggest stories in pensions this week?

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This week concerns escalated over the impact of expected tax relief reforms amid revelations that reductions in recent years have already forced higher earners to leave schemes.

Punter Southall announced a big internal restructure as part of its growth strategy, defined benefit scheme funding was being hit with a perfect storm of lower returns and yields, while the pension...

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