By Jenne Mannion The Government is likely to encourage lower paid workers into stakeholder with refo...
By Jenne Mannion The Government is likely to encourage lower paid workers into stakeholder with reforms to the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG), according to Scottish Equitable's Stewart Ritchie. Ritchie, pensions development director at the group, said any changes could have massive implications for intermediaries selling stakeholder pensions. He said answers given in parliament last week by pensions minister Jeff Rooker and social security secretary Alistair Darling, suggested the Government was looking to change the qualifying parameters for the MIG. Under the current parameters, Ritch...
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