Don't be blinded by 'bargains'

Martin Palmer, head of corporate pensions marketing at Friends Provident, defends pension charges.

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Martin Palmer, head of corporate pensions marketing at Friends Provident, defends pension charges.

The season of change is upon us and I don't just mean a new leader for the Labour party. Winter will be here before we know it but the one thing chilling me most is the persistent outrage at pension charges. There has been many an article bemoaning the "greedy pension giant eating into the pots of millions of workers" which on face value makes eye-watering reading. Unlike thousands of savers in the UK, I know many of the reports don't tell the full story. Instead some reports focus on charges levied at the more expensive funds, which only affect a small part of the population. It's th...

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