PA Debate: Who triumphed in the drawdown vs UFPLS debate?

Helen Morrissey
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The victor in the latest PA Debate examining whether clients would choose income drawdown over uncrystallised funds pension lump sum (UFPLS) next April has been decided.

The close-run week-long debate hosted on professionaladviser.com was won by Uniq Wealth Management's Marlene Outrim, who argued the case for income drawdown. Intelligent Pensions' David Trenner put forward the argument for UFPLS. View the result and arguments as they developed here. Despite the end result, it was actually Trenner who took an early lead in the debate, but he was overtaken by Outrim on day four. The final result showed 53% of viewers were in favour of income drawdown, with almost 190 votes cast. In her closing statement, Outrim said that, while retirees would bene...

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