Guy Opperman: SFGB will transform pensions and protect savers

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The new Single Financial Guidance Body will help younger generations become the savvy savers of tomorrow, argues pensions minister Guy Opperman

Simplicity, transparency and technology are, for me, the key elements driving and underpinning government reforms across the pensions landscape. These reforms will bring the pensions industry into the 21st Century and deliver for savers. Through automatic enrolment we've boosted the pension prospects of almost 10 million people, we're supporting the introduction of new pension products to the market and we believe transfers should be quick and easy. We also want savers to be better informed than ever before about their pensions, which is why we've backed industry to deliver pensions dash...

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