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What were the biggest stories in pensions this week?

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04 February 2016 • 1 min read

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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