Government publishes Pensions Investment Review interim report and launches consultations on DC and LGPS

Proposals on DC default funds and contractual overrides as well LGPS consolidation

Jonathan Stapleton
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her speech at the Financial and Professional Services Dinner at Mansion House in the City of London. Picture by Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her speech at the Financial and Professional Services Dinner at Mansion House in the City of London. Picture by Kirsty O'Connor / Treasury CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The government has published the interim report of its Pensions Investment Review – setting out proposals it is consulting on to “deliver scale and consolidation” of the defined contribution (DC) market and the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

The report – published as chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her inaugural Mansion House speech last night (14 November) – sets out interim findings of phase one of the Pensions Review, which was l...

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