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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30517| Appears in Collections: | Economics Newspaper/Magazine Articles |
| Title: | Many over-55s can't cope with pension freedoms - it may now be time to scrap them |
| Author(s): | Comerford, David |
| Keywords: | financial advice annuities UK election 2019 |
| Issue Date: | 25-Nov-2019 |
| Date Deposited: | 6-Dec-2019 |
| Publisher: | The Conversation Trust |
| Citation: | Comerford D (2019) Many over-55s can't cope with pension freedoms - it may now be time to scrap them. The Conversation. 25.11.2019. |
| Abstract: | First paragraph: For decades, the UK pensions industry could have been described as sleepy: a lack of vim and vigour borne of long time-scales and limited innovation. Come April 2015, everything changed. The UK government scrapped the system that all but forced retirees without final salary schemes to buy an annuity with the money they had saved in their pension plans. Instead, those reaching the age of 55 were suddenly gifted “pensions freedom” to invest, cash-in or annuitise their savings. |
| Type: | Newspaper/Magazine Article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30517 |
| Rights: | The Conversation uses a Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives licence. You can republish their articles for free, online or in print. Licence information is available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
| Notes: | https://theconversation.com/many-over-55s-cant-cope-with-pension-freedoms-it-may-now-be-time-to-scrap-them-127478 |
| Affiliation: | Economics |
| Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
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