UK providers have main advantage in stakeholder

US groups are extremely unlikely to offer a stakeholder product direct to the UK market The only viable route for US companies to enter stakeholder would be through joint venture or merger with an existing UK group, say industry experts The notion that the Americans' earlier adaptation of technology gives them an edge in the UK does not eliminate the problems a US group would have entering the UK market While similarities exist between the US 401(k) plans and stakeholder, American groups would still have to re-work their systems to comply with the complex UK regulations Mike Carr, marke...