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Jonathan Stapleton assesses the difficult role of trustee

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At the Pensions Show last month, Pensions Management Institute chief executive Vince Linnane said the responsibilities being placed on lay trustees had become increasingly onerous and the role had become "too big" (PP, 25 November).

He questioned whether trustees needed to be trained to the level of a "pseudo pension professional" and asked if a new model of trusteeship was needed. Response to these comments - and those of ...

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