Chancellor has given advisers the greatest opportunity in generations to engage their clients in proper value based advice, writes Simon Gallimore
When the Chancellor first announced the proposed changes to pensions legislation it is an understatement to say it caused a huge series of reactions and comments. Was this to be the death knell of annuities? Were we all going to leap into our Lamborghinis to drive round to our "buy to lets" to collect the rent? Were we all going to cash in our hard earned futures, blow it all on a holiday and a knees up at the Rose & Crown and live off the welfare state for the rest of our (increasingly longer!) lives? The truth is, and with a few exceptions, probably none of the above. Now that we ar...
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