TPR 'accepts' small schemes will never meet governance standards

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) "accepts" that many small pension schemes will never achieve the necessary standards it has laid out on governance.

That is according to executive director for defined contribution (DC) Andrew Warwick Thompson, who advised small and micro employers to auto-enrol through master trusts or group personal pensions. ...

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