Are we learning the right lessons from Australian pension experience?

Helen Morrissey asks whether we are right to follow the Australian pensions example.

Helen Morrissey
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The UK has long looked to Australia when determining the direction of pension reform. Auto-enrolment and retirement income policy have all been formulated with one eye on the Australian experience. We've gone a long way down this road but is it the right road to be on?

Barnett Waddingham's Paul Leandro says the consultant sent a team out to Australia in the wake of the freedom and choice announcements last year but the lessons learned prove pretty sobering. Fi...

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