Industry and regulators have a chance to shape a new era for DC pensions, TPR says

Chair Emma Douglas says the pension system is ‘unfinished business’

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TPR chair Emma Douglas: The decisions we all take about how to implement the changes from the Pension Schemes Act will shape norms for a new era of pensions
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TPR chair Emma Douglas: The decisions we all take about how to implement the changes from the Pension Schemes Act will shape norms for a new era of pensions

The pensions industry, the government and regulators have a chance to shape a new era of defined contribution (DC) pensions savers, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

Speaking yesterday (1 October), TPR chair Emma Douglas said DC pensions will be the primary way private sector workers will support themselves in retirement and noted with the number of people aged...

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