Andrew Bailey warns of macro impact from pensions trouble

“Big issues at stake” require more research

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Andrew Bailey. Photo: BoE

The head of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Andrew Bailey, has warned the country could be sailing into trouble, as pension reforms and rock-bottom interest rates reshape how people approach lifetime savings.

"There is in my view an important macroeconomic dimension to the pensions issue which is growing in its significance," Bailey told a conference on September 16.

The former Bank of England deputy shaped his remarks around the "lifecycle" model of savings, a widely used element of

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