Pensions charges - the wider picture

The recent report from the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA), combined with the headline grabbing comments from the leader of the opposition led to a difficult week of coverage for those with an interest in pension charges. Many in the industry have dismissed the Labour leader's intervention as ill-informed scaremongering, but it is hard to disagree with the ABI view that emotive headlines and negative focus on charges run the risk of putting people off saving into a pension. From the RSA report and associated coverage, the issues of transpa...