TPR wrote 12 letters to trustees over DB transfers in 2018
Since January, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has sent letters on 12 occasions to trustees about defined benefit (DB) transfer activity.
The details were given in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request published on the watchdog's website. The watchdog was asked how many DB trustees it wrote to, to warn about independent financial...
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