Pension freedoms could bring in £19.2bn of tax in next decade
Surging drawdowns may reduce overall tax take
Drawdown
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Should mandatory advice be extended to drawdown?
Complexities of drawdown mean DIY investors risk disastrous outcomes
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UK regulator threatens drawdown fee caps
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned the pensions industry to clarify its charges or face caps, as part of a bid to drive up engagement and reduce costs for retirees in drawdown.
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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.
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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.
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Pensioners risk turning their retirement stream into a flood
Retirees in drawdown are at risk of running out of money in retirement, as a third have no investment experience and two in five are not getting any financial advice or guidance, research from Zurich UK has found.
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Women in drawdown £47,000 worse off than men
Women in drawdown face a 37% shortfall in their annual retirement income compared to men, leaving them more than £47,000 ($66,542, €53,935) worse off, according to a report from Zurich UK.
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7 tips to compare drawdown providers
The number of providers offering drawdown has gone up since the pension vehicle was first introduced in the UK in 1995, but differences in quality of service and charges can be substantial, warns Hargreaves Lansdown, which has offered seven tips to compare providers.
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Drawdown sales hammer annuities
There has been a dramatic move away from annuities to income drawdown following the pension freedoms, data published by the Financial Conduct Authority shows.
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Multi-asset class takes the crown in drawdown market boom
While the number of retirees opting for drawdown has more than trebled since the introduction of the pension freedoms, retiring investors are choosing funds with long-term investment targets to meet near-term income needs, research from Dutch insurer and pension provider Aegon shows.
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UK eyes ‘intervention’ to allow pension access without drawdown
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is looking to work with the UK government to allow savers to access their pension pots without taking drawdown amid fears consumers need greater protection in the non-advised drawdown market.
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Drawdown beats annuities but pension cash is king
More than half of UK pension pots accessed for the first time were withdrawn entirely as cash lump sums in Q3 2016. Drawdown proved twice as popular as annuities but a fall in the number of people seeking advice before making pension decisions has some in the industry concerned.