Trustees can expect more complaints unless they speed up transfers

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Helen Morrissey says a recent Ombudsman decision has big implications for trustees carrying out transfers.

Over the summer we saw the Pensions Ombudsman give short shrift to a scheme taking more than a month to transfer a member's fund. The scheme in question said problems with its administrator meant t...

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