Guides for employers, providers and advisers
Stakeholder pensions - Guides for employers, pension scheme providers and advisers
Stakeholder pensions - A guide for employers
[PME1] - [PDF file size 300kb]
Explains what stakeholder pensions are, whether you are affected by the
new stakeholder pension laws and what you must do to prepare for them.
Stakeholder pensions - A guide to registering
as a stakeholder pension scheme provider [PMS1] - [PDF file size 270kb]
Tells you how you can become a Stakeholder Pension Scheme Provider.
You can request copies of The Pension Service's guides to be sent to you by post. You can order copies online or order copies by phone
Our guides are also available in Welsh and in other languages, and in Braille or on audio cassette
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