Trustees must be bold when disposing of assets
Mature schemes must have a strategy in place to ensure they sell their assets in the most efficient way possible.
Speaking at a trustee event this morning Punter Southall Investment Consulting's managing director Danny Vassiliades (pictured) said schemes should not be scared to sell assets as their income needs increase....
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