Ministers 'clueless' about DB transfer calculation

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Ministers "do not have clue" about how to set a new calculation method for defined benefit pension transfer values, experts claim.

Actuaries were stripped of their role as sole arbiter on the calculation earlier this year when the government announced it would establish its own framework to replace the profession’s standard, G...

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