Webb ETV intervention 'dangerous and disingenuous'

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Pensions minister Steve Webb's intervention on incentivised transfers out of defined benefit schemes is "dangerous and disingenuous", industry figures say.

Yesterday On Monday (PP Online, May 23), Webb spoke of the urgent need to root out bad practice saying: "The industry can't go on offering superficially attractive deals to people that ultimately l...

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