Five stories you may have missed this week

Hope William-Smith
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This week’s top stories included The Pensions Regulator’s announcement of new measures around the appointment of professional trustees, and the £3bn Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund completing a £1.6bn buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation.

Also, PTL managing director Richard Butcher warned of potential jail time for trustees under proposed changes to the Pensions Act.    1) TPR holds back from mandating use of professional trust...

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