Adrian Boulding: Have the pension regulators really started listening?

An ambitious objective

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Adrian Boulding hopes he is not reading too much into the FCA's and TPR's joint strategy for tackling under-saving for retirement when he says it could herald a new era of alignment between regulators and the industry

I was in the beautiful city of Liverpool last month for the launch of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) joint regulatory strategy for the pensions and retirement income sector. This follows their Call For Input, which was published back in March and a series of stakeholder meetings, one of which I spoke at. Their 23-page joint strategy document is eminently readable, and I recommend printing it off for your next train journey. It is clear this collaboration could provide a much-needed forum to address some of the deepest and most intractable issue...

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