Pension complaints fall as savers await April 'freedoms'

Complaints statistics for the period from October to December last year show the service reviewed 157 new cases related to self invested personal pensions, compared with 393 new cases in the same period in 2013. New complaints about personal pensions were also down - from 372 to 248 - while gripes related to income drawdown fell from 43 to below 30. Complaints linked to occupational pension transfers were down from 112 cases to 101 cases. Only annuity gripes recorded an increase in the pensions space, with 150 new cases brought to the FOS at the end of last year compared with 111 i...