Paymaster, one of the hopefuls for administering personal accounts, says it favours the model put forward by Lord Turner because the overall potential return on investment will be around 9% higher than under the industry model.
In its response to the consultation on the pensions white paper, Paymaster - the pensions administration and payroll service which was privatised by the government in 1997 - says the National Pension Savings Scheme (Npss) put forward by the Pensions Commission meets all of the government’s criteria. It says the main difference between the two models is the way in which savers are serviced, with the industry model offering service through a branded provider while in the Npss customers will be serviced through an unbranded administrator. Paymaster, part of the Xafinity group, says in its ...
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