Why we need to say no to pension guarantees

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The idea of a guarantee is well meaning, says Henry Tapper, but it is misguided,

Last week, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries delivered a paper stating that it would be able to deliver a system of lock-in guarantees at a price of less than 1% pa of the fund that could be u...

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