Scrap flat-fee structures on low-value DC pots, industry agrees

Hope William-Smith
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Close to two-thirds of industry respondents to a Professional Pensions poll agreed they would like to see flat-fee structures on low-value defined contribution (DC) pots scrapped.

This comes five weeks after the Work and Pensions Committee sent a letter to the industry asking for "workable solutions" to manage the growing number of small pots proliferating within the industr...

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