Industry backs cutting mandatory advice for transfers

Michael Klimes
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Proposals to let defined benefit (DB) members with small pots transfer out without taking advice are supported by the industry, according to research carried out by PP.

The amendment to planned rules, announced in the Lords in January, will allow members with an equivalent transfer value of £30,000 or less to move to a defined contribution (DC) scheme without cons...

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