Scottish Widows and Lewis master trusts apply for authorisation as 44 others close

James Phillips
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The Scottish Widows Master Trust and the Lewis Workplace Pension Trust have applied for authorisation to continue operating in the master trust market, PP can reveal.

Lewis' application was submitted by the scheme's strategist and scheme funder, Lewis Investment, on 29 March. Scottish Widows also confirmed to PP today that it had submitted its application on ...

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