Steve Goddard: Why the 'dartboard drawdown' option must be removed

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Savers face a huge number of options at-retirement. Steve Goddard believes this 'dartboard of choice' should be take away and an additional layer of trustee governance is needed to protect members in the deculmulation phase

There has been some considerable column space filled with the doom and gloom of the development of non-advised drawdown. And I can understand why. As providers, trustees and independent governance ...

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