SPP: What is the ethnicity pensions gap and how can we address it?

Shayala McRae says the real key to closing this gap will be more effective communication

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Shayala McRae is a member of the SPP’s legislation committee and a principal at Lane Clark & Peacock
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Shayala McRae is a member of the SPP’s legislation committee and a principal at Lane Clark & Peacock

The Society of Pension Professionals’ (SPP’s) latest column for Professional Pensions, looks at the reasons behind the ethnicity pension gap and how it might be reduced.

Fifty-four percent! This is the ethnicity pension gap highlighted by recent Legal & General Investment Management research, which found that the average ethnic minority (i.e. those of an ethnicity ...

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