Five stories you might have missed: DB transfers, AE fines, TPR settlement

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Top stories this week include the government dropping mandatory advice for small defined benefit (DB) transfers, hundreds of fines for auto-enrolment non-compliance, and a multimillion pound settlement for Carrington Wire. Here's what you might have missed.

1. Government drops mandatory advice for small DB transfers The government has abandoned the requirement for DB members to take regulated advice before transferring a small pot into a defined co...

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