Industry reflects on first decade of pension freedoms

Pension freedoms ‘minefield’ requires better advice for savers

Jasmine Urquhart
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The industry has called for better access to advice so savers can make the most of pension freedoms
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The industry has called for better access to advice so savers can make the most of pension freedoms

Defined contribution (DC) pension savers need better access to advice as the ten-year anniversary of pension freedoms rolls around, the industry says.

In a blog released today on the ten-year anniversary of then chancellor George Osborne's Budget speech which announced the freedoms, Hymans Robertson head of DC at-retirement services Kathryn Flemi...

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