Comment: Leaving a pensions legacy to be proud of

Jonathan Stapleton
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It's a good job that John Sergeant was only presenting last week's Scheme of the Year Awards and not judging them. He would have been slightly conflicted as he was a member of two of the winning schemes (no prizes for guessing which ones) and his wife was a member of a third.

He did, however point out that if it were not for his recent dancing fame - or perhaps, more accurately, infamy - these schemes would be his primary source of income. When I had a chat with him ...

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