CDC guided retirement requirements could be 'game changer', says LCP

Important to ‘avoid losing momentum’ to meet government’s ‘ambitious’ timetable

Martin Richmond
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CDC guided retirement requirements could be 'game changer', says LCP

Guided retirement requirements where trustees will investigate how decumulation-only collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes could benefit their members may be a “game changer”, LCP has said.

Following publication of the government's long-awaited Pension Schemes Bill and a roadmap for workplace pensions, the former of which includes provisions to compel schemes to offer default routes t...

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