Adrian Boulding: Will investment pathways lead more people to advice?

By the time you read this, there will be less than four months to go until the regulator's investment pathways will need to be offered to the roughly 30% of consumers moving their defined contribution (DC) pensions into drawdown without consulting a regulated financial adviser. This may catch quite a few clients with advisers, who are either starting drawdown or more likely moving more funds into drawdown without having recently talked to their adviser. From 6 April 2020, drawdown product providers will need to implement the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) prescribed investment path...