TPR urges smaller DC schemes to 'act now' amid increasing consolidation

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Martin Richmond
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Goodall-Brown: For many small schemes, meeting the new legal and administrative requirements will be challenging
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Goodall-Brown: For many small schemes, meeting the new legal and administrative requirements will be challenging

Smaller defined contribution (DC) schemes should take immediate action on their futures amid increasing consolidation in the DC landscape, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

In a blog published today (31 March), the regulator's director of DC and master trust supervision Kim Goodall-Brown said the DC market is changing "rapidly" and pointed to its research of the DC la...

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