Investment consultants must be regulated 'as matter of urgency' after LDI crisis

House of Lords committee also says pension accounting standards need review

Jonathan Stapleton
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Lord Hollick Source: parliament.uk (CC BY 3.0)
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Lord Hollick Source: parliament.uk (CC BY 3.0)

The government should ensure that investment consultants are brought within the regulatory perimeter “as a matter of urgency”, a House of Lords committee says.

In a letter to economic secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith and minister for pensions Laura Trott, The House of Lords' Industry and Regulators Committee put forward a number of recommendation...

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