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Written question asked by Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) on Friday, 18 March 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 (named day). It was answered by Guy Opperman (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Pensions: Fees and Charges

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2022 to Questions 138298 and 138301, whether she plans to publish assessments of the (a) ability of high-charging fund managers to (i) lower and (ii) restructure their fee arrangements to accommodate their products within the existing consumer price cap on pensions, (b) potential for member detriment as a result of fund managers or pension providers changing their fee structures to add new performance-related fees or increase existing performance fees and (c) the proportion of infrastructure funds whose fees cannot be accommodated within the existing consumer price cap on pensions.

Answer

On 30 November 2021 the Government consulted on reforms to the charge cap as part of ‘Enabling investment in productive finance’ Enabling investment in productive finance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk. We will respond in the near future.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
142452
Session
2021-22
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Subjects
Fees and charges Pensions
Link
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