People struggling to make decisions and understand pension freedoms

Michael Klimes
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Members are finding it more difficult than expected to make retirement decisions according to research commissioned by the People's Pension and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)

In the report New Choices, Big Decisions: Exploring Consumer Decision Making and Behaviours under Pension Freedom and Choice, the decision-making journeys of 110 people aged 50-65 were looked at. ...

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