TPR to ask failing small DC schemes to wind-up

Jonathan Stapleton
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is set to ask DC trustees to wind-up schemes or transfer members in a bid to improve standards in smaller plans.

Speaking at Pensions and Benefits UK on Wednesday, TPR head of DC regulatory policy Phil Yeoman said there were currently in excess of 40,000 DC schemes, most of which were smaller plans which tend...

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