Five stories you may have missed this week

Hope William-Smith
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This week’s top stories include the government’s renewed focus on superfunds and Smart Pension’s commitment of £100m to a defined contribution private market default strategy.

1) Pensions tax relief escapes reform as government focuses on superfunds The government's much awaited ‘Tax Day' was met with little fanfare as predictions of cuts to higher-rate tax relief aga...

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