An open letter to Ros Altmann

Open letter to Ros Altmann

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a new pensions minister is in need of a raft of opinions from the sector about how to do their job. Here Liberty SIPP's John Fox joins the fray with an open letter to Ros Altmann...

  Dear Ros, Let me start with an apology on behalf of the pensions industry. I suspect that some of my colleagues will have given you a less than warm welcome. Your pro-consumer, pro-transparency agenda is viewed as dangerously radical by many of the pension world's big beasts, and your appointment clearly gives them the willies. But I for one am delighted at the prospect of you using your new role to slash red tape and get more people saving into pensions. So as Steve Webb settles into his post-Westminster life - and if there's any justice - a highly-paid consultancy for L...

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