TPR needs 'super trustees' to aid struggling schemes

James Phillips
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) could benefit from having a pool of "super trustees" that can be parachuted into schemes to fix problems when they arise, experts say.

The concept, which draws on the ‘super headteachers' who are sent into struggling schools, would see the watchdog establish a "taskforce" of notable professional trustees who could be sent into sch...

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