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Dictionary definition: occupational pension scheme
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- A Dictionary of Finance and Banking
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occupational pension scheme
A pension scheme open to employees within a certain trade or profession or working for a particular firm. An occupational pension scheme can either be insured or self-administered. If it is insured, an insurance company pays the benefits under the scheme in return for having the premiums to invest. In a self-administered scheme, the pension-fund trustees are ...