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Four trustees of a master trust, who failed to promptly invest members’ savings for three years, affecting 9,081 members and contributions of £1.4 million, have been fined by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond promised to ‘unlock’ the “untapped firepower of defined contribution pension schemes.” 
Baroness Ros Altmann is due to give a prestigious lecture on pensions at London’s University of Westminster.
There has been a flurry of corporate results in the last few months from SIPP providers that have shown an increase in revenue due to the increase in SIPPs being set up due to the large number of DB transfers to SIPPs.
The Financial Conduct Authority has today published final rules and guidance from its consultation on improving the quality of pension transfer advice.
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey’s backing for the pensions dashboard in her speech at the Conservative Party Conference this week brought relief to the profession.
The CISI Annual Financial Planning Conference heard yesterday from an expert panel that many lessons can be learned from the BSPS debacle and more must be done to stop a repeat.
I was going to open by commenting that it’s the time of year when the budget rumour mill starts kicking into action, but of course this will only be the second Autumn Budget, so we’re more accustom to these things happening at the start of the year.
The Embark Group has appointed several new executives in a move to “further strengthen” its capacity for organic expansion in the UK.
New research has found that nearly half of UK adults (44%) believe they will fail to save enough in their pension to enjoy their “ideal retirement.”
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