Pensions regulator urges schemes to cut transfer values

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has sent letters to defined benefit (DB) schemes encouraging trustees to consider cutting transfer values on offer when workers want to leave.

A freedom of information request submitted by Royal London revealed the letters have been sent to several large pension schemes that have been experiencing a high volume of transfer requests, as pa...

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