The Government's Green Paper talks a lot about simplifying pensions, but unless the performance of these products improves people are unlikely to want to invest in them in sufficient numbers
The Green Paper on pensions provided a real opportunity for the Government to have a real impact on the future of pensions. Instead they've blown it on half-cocked measures and populist proclamations. For the last few months the Western world has focused on global terrorists and the threat of weapons of mass destruction. We have waged war on third world countries, denounced the rise of religious fundamentalism and threatened Iraq. Our fear is, however, misplaced. Weapons of mass destruction have been around for many years, frequently in the hands of rogue states. In this time they ha...
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