Cash requests tail off as pension freedoms bed down

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The proportion of people looking to take their pensions as cash has declined by almost a third over the weeks since the launch of the freedom reforms, according to research.

But experts say it is too soon to start drawing conclusions about the effects Chancellor George Osborne's changes will have on the broader pensions market. Only 50% of customers at Scottish Wido...

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