Govt bans consultancy charging and proposes fund charge cap on AE schemes
The government has banned consultancy charging in auto-enrolment schemes and will propose a cap on default fund charges in a forthcoming consultation.
The move is part of an overhaul of pension charges to protect consumers. In the past six months, the government said it had conducted a thorough review of consultancy charges, and concluded that existing...
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