Revealed: What advisers told the Treasury about pensions 'guidance'

Revealed: What advisers told the Treasury about pensions 'guidance'

Carmen Reichman
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Professional Adviser has dug out advisers' responses to the government's consultation on retirement 'guidance'. What did your peers suggest?

The cat is out of the bag: the government's promised retirement 'guidance guarantee' - available to all over-55s from April next year  - will be delivered by the Money Advice Service (MAS) and The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) - and advisers will help pay for it. This is not exactly what advisers had in mind when they first listened to George Osborne reveal his far-reaching changes to pensions during the March Budget. Here is what some advisers requested in their response to the government's consultation...

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