Panacea Adviser to host virtual conference on retirement reforms

Retirement Choices 2016 set for 25 February

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Panacea Adviser is to host a free virtual conference for advisers and paraplanners featuring keynote speakers and online presentations focused on retirement market reforms.

The virtual trade show, Retirement Choices 2016, will cover the impact of pension freedom, introduced in April 2015. The reforms handed defined contribution savers over the age of 55 complete access to their pension pots, subject to normal taxation. Advisers were faced with a massive retirement income challenge as a result.   The conference, set for 25 February, will feature presentations on pension freedom as well as proposed changes to the pension tax relief system, which could see a shift to a flat-rate of tax relief for all savers.  Panacea said its event was the first free vir...

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