New measures which stop trustees of schemes in wind-up buying annuities without approval of the Financial Assistance Scheme have been welcomed by campaigner Ros Altmann.
The new Pensions Act states “trustees of relevant pension schemes are prohibited from purchasing, or agreeing to purchase, annuities on behalf of qualifying members” unless they have received autho...
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