Industry starts wish list for new pensions minister

After years of profound legislative change, many people in the pensions industry are calling on new pensions minister Ros Altmann to usher in an era of relative calm. Some of these same people would also like her to push for an independent retirement savings commission.

The industry was taken by surprise on Monday when Altmann, a stalwart of UK pensions and the previous government's older worker's champion, was appointed pensions minister in prime minister David Cameron's cabinet.

Prior to her appointment, financial secretary to the treasury David Gauke MP was the presumptive pensions minister, with many reporting his appointment and endorsing his expertise – ironically, in hindsight.

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