PBUK: Employees need good guidance and education when accessing pension freedoms

Kim Kaveh
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Savers will make the wrong decisions if they are not appropriately guided when seeking to take advantage of the pension freedoms, according to Scottish Widows' Robert Cochran.

Following reports from the Treasury that found people took nearly £11bn out of their pensions in the two years since freedom and choice came into force, the firm's corporate pension relationship sp...

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