TPAS' Michelle Cracknell talks guidance and advice

TPAS' Michelle Cracknell talks guidance and advice

Jenna Towler
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TPAS chief executive Michelle Cracknell talks to Jenna Towler about the mammoth changes to retirement income, what it means for advisers and the threat of pension liberation

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) is poised to take hundreds of thousands more phone calls from April as it becomes the telephone-based arm of Pension Wise. Chief executive Michelle Cracknell, who has 27 years' pensions experience under her belt, is confident the organisation can adapt to the challenge and give effective guidance to thousands of retirees dealing with pensions freedom. Cracknell, a former adviser herself, says her organisation is fully committed to signposting retirees to regulated financial advice during the course of their interaction with TPAS. She has no misc...

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