ES Group Pension Scheme trustees set to pay back £500k

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A board of trustees must repay more than half a million pounds plus interest after the pensions ombudsman ruled they had breached their investment duties.

A total of 72 members of the ES Group Pension Scheme complained about investments made by the trustees between 1996 and 1998 in shares in employer companies totalling £375,500 - which proved to be ...

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