Schemes cannot be complacent as lockdowns ease

Trustees have an opportunity to consolidate recent progress, says BlackRock’s Sion Cole

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If the past 18 months have taught us anything, it is to expect the unexpected. As such, the rollercoaster that was 2020 and the uncertainty of the year to date should leave us unfazed and unsurprised by even the most surprising data.

Yet, despite the upheavals and challenges that societies, economies and investors have weathered through this period, expectations for a reversion to the ‘status quo' across many aspects of life - ...

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