THERE HAS BEEN a small but important improvement in employee confidence in pensions according to the fourth National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) workplace pensions survey.
Over the past 12 months, the NAPF Pensions Confidence Index has risen from +3% to +7%, and is up from a low of just +1% in December 2008.
Alongside the increase in confidence, employees continue to consider pensions
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