Editorial: Government will have to climb down on stakeholder suite

Plans for Sandler's range of stakeholder products have raised the spectre of information-only products again, despite it being clear that the government's information-only stakeholder pensions did not work. Some advisers might be concerned that this is another nail in the coffin for the industry. But as it stands, this "new"range is unlikely to be any major threat to the IFA's livelihood, because the government appears to be digging its own grave. Treasury and DWP officials have four major problems which they must sort out if they want to produce the perfect product. But unless they ba...