SPP Paper – Helping Pension Savers Choose: Value for Money (VfM) in action

  • 02/06/2026

This thought leadership paper calls for the UK’s emerging Value for Money (VfM) framework to evolve into a practical tool that helps pension savers make better-informed decisions about their retirement savings.

Whilst welcoming the Government’s proposed VfM framework as a major step forward in improving transparency, accountability and standards across the pensions market, the paper argues that the current model is still primarily designed for trustees, regulators and governance bodies rather than the millions of individuals whose retirement outcomes depend on it.