Editorial: TSC report has new ideas, but follows MPs' agenda rather than evidence
This morning's publication of the Treasury Select Committee report into long-term savings confidence has challenged the financial services industry to develop a series of new initiatives in the hope it will boost consumer confidence in the long-term savings market.
What the report does not obviously show, however, is while much of the evidence presented to MPs at its oral meetings is included in the report, the approach many firms would see as common sense has been...
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