Hoban rejects calls to increase pension drawdown limits

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Financial secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban has rejected AJ Bell's call to increase the limits on income drawdown.

In April, the government reduced the annual sum investors could withdraw from their pension funds to 100% of the equivalent annuity rate, down from 120%. This month, AJ Bell director Andy Bell w...

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