Provider profits should mean scheme savings

Jonathan Stapleton asks if the profitability of providers will lead to lower fees for schemes

Jonathan Stapleton
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Growth is back, the trade deficit is narrowing and activity in the services sector is expanding at the fastest pace for more than 6.5 years. It seems we are seeing the first green shoots of a recovery in the UK economy.

It has also been a week of good news for the profitability of providers to UK pension schemes, many of whom have been posting buoyant results. Standard Life reported it has added 135,000 employe...

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