Government should not require schemes to offer partial transfers - PP research

In this week's Pensions Buzz, respondents warned schemes being required to offer partial transfers could lead to too many administrative burdens
Around two thirds of pundits did not believe defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should be required by the government to offer members partial transfers. This week's 107 respondents also answered questions...
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