The U.K. government has signaled new rules for pension trustees and funds consolidation to boost investment, but questions remain on employee financial literacy.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, is planning imminent changes to trustee duties as part of the Pensions Schemes Bill, which forms part of the government’s “big bang of reforms to unlock growth,” she recently announced.

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...