'Paraplanners are the future': Peter Bradshaw on the future of advice

'Technology is changing the pensions industry'

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Selectapension's Peter Bradshaw talks to Nicola Brittain about the role of paraplanners, the increase in DB transfers and a revived interest in annuities

Peter Bradshaw is the national accounts director at Selectapension, an online tech-based service that helps people manage their pensions via their adviser. Services include transfer of defined benefit (DB) schemes, income drawdown and annuity provision, help with retirement planning, comparison of providers, fund research, asset reviewers and QROPs analysis. In his role, Bradshaw has an overview of industry trends and so Professional Adviser asked him for a few insights.   There was some concern after pension freedom that people with DB schemes would cash in or transfer their pe...

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