Advice is better than guidance, says Guy Opperman

Work and Pensions Committee

Jenna Brown
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Retirement guidance from organisations such as Pensions Wise is good but taking regulated financial advice is better, Guy Opperman has told MPs during a parliamentary committee hearing.

Speaking at a Work and Pensions Committee hearing this morning (27 January), Opperman said it was unlikely Pensions Wise would ever cross over into the sphere of regulated advice as it was a govern...

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