Employers should not just settle for NEST to meet 2012 duties - SPC

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The Pensions Regulator should encourage smaller employers to explore the defined contribution market to fulfil auto-enrolment duties rather than favour NEST, the Society of Pension Consultants says.

The SPC said parts of TPR's discussion paper on enabling better outcomes from DC schemes (PP Online, 28 January) can be read as though there was an objective of encouraging smaller employers to use...

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