Flexible drawdown

Fiona Murphy looks at AJ Bell's recent wish-list for pension reform, including calls to scrap flexible drawdown, and asks other industry players for their views.

In this quick-fire Retirement Poll we ask: Are you seeing a surge of interest in flexible drawdown, as Skandia as reported?

In this week's quick-fire poll: Does the planned cap on annual management charges (AMC) for pension schemes risk bringing an "artificial" element to the market, as Scottish Life has warned?

Defined ambition proposals could open the door to more flexible drawdown as master trusts provide both accumulation and decumulation vehicles, The Pensions Regulator says.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should Flexible Drawdown be scrapped?

Two-thirds of advisers think the annuity system is "failing consumers" which is leading many to consider drawdown as an alternative route for clients, according to Skandia's latest adviser poll.

An infographic to help your clients understand capped and flexible drawdown.

Andy Zanelli, head of retirement planning, AXA Wealth, on the suitability of annuities and a proposed plan to cut the lifetime allowance.

Axa Wealth has introduced flexible drawdown to its Retirement Wealth Account (‘RWA'), the company's self-invested personal pension.

In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Is saving for retirement 'mission impossible' for those in their 20s?