TPR: Trustees should consider 'less risky alternatives' before asset-backed contributions

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has urged trustees to examine asset-backed contribution structures (ABCs) carefully and explore "less risky alternatives" before entering into such an arrangement.

The watchdog made the warning in new guidance on ABCs, which involve an employer transferring assets to a special purpose vehicle which provides its scheme with a long-term income stream. TPR re...

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