Ombudsman rejects complaint Friends misled pensioner

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The Pensions Ombudsman has found in favour of Friends Life after a consumer had complained it misled him about the nature of its treatment of additional voluntary contributions.

The complainant, Mr M Evans, alleged that the administrator of his scheme, Aon, failed to tell Friends Life to change the investment strategy of his AVC fund in light of his decision to retire earl...

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