Buyout - data is important, but don't forget the member

Simon Grover says schemes need to think early about communicating buyout to members

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Simon Grover: Think early about how to tell the story
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Simon Grover: Think early about how to tell the story

The UK government’s self-inflicted gilts crisis has had a huge impact on the pensions sector.

The operational struggles that schemes and managers had in managing a significant liquidity crunch is well documented, but a positive side effect has been that for many schemes the potential to buy...

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