Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

Royal Mail CDC scheme launches, £1.5bn buy-in deal agreed, WTW proposals for fixing ‘broken’ DC sector

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Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

This week’s top stories include Royal Mail launching the UK’s first collective defined contribution scheme, the completion of a £1.5bn buy-in deal, and WTW proposing replacement options for “broken” defined contribution pensions.

1.      Royal Mail launches UK's first CDC pension scheme Royal Mail has launched the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan, the first collective defined contribution pension scheme in the UK. 2...

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