Billions in pension freedom cash 'flows into bank accounts'
£3bn 'languishing' in low yielding accounts
Tom Selby: "The pension freedoms, while hugely popular, were undoubtedly announced with politics rather than practicalities in mind."
People accessing their savings through pensions freedom are continuing to extract money from their retirement pots to put it into unfavourable bank accounts with £3bn transferred so far, analysis from AJ Bell has found.
The provider said its analysis showed £3bn of pension money was now "languishing" in low yielding bank accounts. It added people who had made such transfers now faced a tax "double jeopardy" on withdrawals...
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