The government wants pension funds to help with levelling up
That will take more than a tweak to fee rules
EVEN BY THE standards of the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, Britain has quite a nest-egg. In 2020 the organisation’s pensions report valued the country’s pot at $3.6trn, second only to America out of the 37 members. A sizeable chunk of that is set aside for workers who will not retire for decades, and who hope it will have grown by the time they do. So how should it be invested in the meantime?
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Doffing the cap”
Britain October 23rd 2021
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