An opportunity for a simpler DB world

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Jenny Condron says pensions simplification would sweep away confusion for members arising from having up to 12 tranches with different rates of revaluation and increase.

Completing the recent Institute Faculty of Actuaries' survey on shaping the future of our profession, I had to pause to consider who my real ‘client' is. Is it the stakeholders running defined bene...

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