DC Quarterly Round-up - May 2024 - Episode 111

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... Kirsty Moffat, Senior DC Investment Consultant, presents our latest DC quarterly round-up. In this instalment, Kirsty discusses:

• The Spring Budget and the main takeaways

• The Retirement Living Standards (or the RLS)

• Abolition of the lifetime allowance

• The General Code of Practice

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