Scheme members who take tax-free lump sums and reinvest them in an unsecured pension could face a tax charge of 70pc, Scottish Equitable warns.
Head of pensions development Rachel Vahey said Scottish Equitable has been receiving two or three calls a day about using tax-free lump sums to buy unsecured pensions. But the firm has been turning...
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