UPDATED: Friends Life backtracks on freedom and choice offering

clock

Friends Life will not be offering its customers the uncrystallised funds pension lump sum (UFPLS) option under the freedom and choice reforms, the provider has confirmed.

It is currently writing to 1,300 customers who had requested partial withdrawals to say this would not be possible, although it plans to provide this option "in due course". A spokesman for Frie...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Defined Contribution

TPR research shows 'scale is not a panacea' for good outcomes in DC

TPR research shows 'scale is not a panacea' for good outcomes in DC

Research finds no clear correlation between scheme size and performance

Jonathan Stapleton
clock 08 May 2026 • 1 min read
Partner Insight: Making private markets work for members – a guide for defined contribution trustees

Partner Insight: Making private markets work for members – a guide for defined contribution trustees

When capturing the potential that private markets could offer defined contribution schemes, trustees need to ensure they have absolute clarity on fees, fund structures and liquidity, says BlackRock’s James Rowe.

James Rowe - Managing Director, Head of UK Institutional DC
clock 07 May 2026 • 7 min read
Verity Trustees adds Sharia-compliant fixed income fund for DC members

Verity Trustees adds Sharia-compliant fixed income fund for DC members

TPT trustee board selects HSBC Global Sukuk UCITS ETF to expand self-select fund range

Jonathan Stapleton
clock 05 May 2026 • 1 min read
Trustpilot