UPDATED: APPT to launch professional trustee accreditation framework in April
The Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT) will open to applications for its professional trustee accreditation framework from the start of the 2020/21 financial year.
The framework was initially due to launch on 1 July last year and was pushed back after the APPT labelled it "more complex than first envisaged". APPT will oversee the framework of seven standards for...
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