United Kingdom
FCA acts to stop drawdown retirees losing out
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce “investment pathways” for drawdown retirees, in a move to prevent them from making poor decisions and defaulting into cash.
Best Practice | 27 Jun 18
Wealth managers ‘taking advantage’ of clients’ trust
Half of UK investors don’t know what they are being charged by their wealth manager, according to UK discretionary manager Netwealth.
Market volatility putting thousands of UK pension pots at risk
Thousands of people in drawdown are not adjusting their pension income levels to account for market volatility, leading to fears they could drain their retirement pots too quickly, research from Zurich has found.
Best Practice | 27 Jun 18
Experts unite to set up Pensions Advice Taskforce
The UK’s Personal Finance Society has formed a taskforce to help provide strategic leadership and a voluntary code of professional standards for pension advice.
Where has £17.5bn of pension freedoms money gone?
About £3bn ($3.9bn, €3.4bn) that has been flexibly withdrawn from UK pensions is currently sitting in low yield bank accounts, with investors facing the “double jeopardy” of tax on withdrawals and low returns, according to research by AJ Bell.