IGCs: Force for good or lame duck?

Paul Trickett asks how independent governance committees can be a force for good under contract law

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The Department for Work and Pensions' Better Workplace Pensions paper has confirmed that independent governance committees (IGCs) will be a feature of the DC landscape that will persist long beyond the finite shelf life of the OFT legacy review.

As chairman of the Legal & General (L&G) IGC, which I'm proud to say was the first to launch - and on an entirely voluntary basis - I of course welcome this development, although I have a little le...

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