Master trusts to face capital adequacy rules

The government is looking to impose capital adequacy requirements on master trusts through the forthcoming pensions bill, PP understands.
Auto-enrolment (AE) master trust providers will need to ensure they have enough money to cover the costs of transferring to other schemes or winding up without charging members, if the scheme is forced...
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