TPT sends off master trust authorisation application to the regulator
TPT Retirement Solutions has submitted its master trust authorisation application to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), joining 11 other master trusts who are awaiting a response.
The scheme told PP it submitted its application on 14 February, at which point there were around six weeks to go until the authorisation deadline at the end of March. TPT chief executive Mike Ramsey...
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