Mike Morrison asks: Why bother with UFPLS?

Mike Morrison asks: Why bother with UFPLS?

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Pensions guru Mike Morrison compares and contrasts UFPLS and flexi access drawdown ahead of pensions freedom

It seems like I have been travelling around talking about the new pensions freedom regime for years rather than months - but it has been changing constantly. I remember travelling on a Sunday afternoon to Chester for a talk on the Monday - this was also the week of the Conservative Party Conference and as I was travelling it was becoming clear that there was further change as the Chancellor announced the removal of the "death tax". So a quick change of slides and a bit of a story and we're ready to run! When we first started the usual jargon got me confused. The new options are fle...

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