DC members and capped drawdown pensioners warned on falling gilt yields

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Pensioners in capped drawdown face significant drops in retirement income because of falling gilt yields affecting the amount that can be drawn from a fund, Rowanmoor Pensions claims.

The small self administered scheme and self-invested personal pension provider warned for a 70-year-old male, a reduction of just 1% in gilt yield reduces income by 10%. It said the fall in 15-y...

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