Govt will not force AE schemes into UK Stewardship Code

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Pensions minister Steve Webb has ruled out calls to include membership of the UK Stewardship Code as a legal requirement for qualifying auto-enrolment schemes.

Webb said including membership of the code in the list of statutory minimum criteria for ‘qualifying schemes' was unnecessary because policy makers "have already set clear guidance about the standa...

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