{"id":932,"date":"2015-06-14T08:02:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T08:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fpgonline.co.uk\/?p=932"},"modified":"2015-06-15T14:19:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:19:36","slug":"pension-freedom-rip-offs-to-be-tackled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fpgonline.co.uk\/index.php\/pension-freedom-rip-offs-to-be-tackled\/","title":{"rendered":"Pension freedom rip-offs to be tackled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpgonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IDSnl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fpgonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IDSnl-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"IDSnl\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>According to press reports this weekend, the Government intend to tackle the problems that some individuals\u00a0are facing since the recent pension reforms were introduced.<\/p>\n<p>A Ministerial enquiry has been ordered to investigate the obstacles and rip-offs millions of savers are facing, with the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan-Smith, writing\u00a0in the Daily Telegraph: \u201cI have a message for those firms: it is your responsibility to sort this out and look after your customers. After all, it is their money that you hold, not yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also warns that\u00a0he is ready to \u201cname and shame\u201d the firms giving customers poor deals. The Telegraph also highlights some of the frustrations savers are facing, and areas that the Government will be focusing upon during their investigation. \u00a0These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three million people with company pensions are blocked from using their funds like bank accounts and around two million cannot cash in their funds at all, with some employers prevented from offering the freedoms by red tape and others deeming it \u201ctoo expensive\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Between 500,000 and a million people sold private pensions by doorstep salesmen in the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties face fees of \u00a31,000 for advice to access their money due to a detail hidden in the small print.<\/li>\n<li>Major companies including Aviva, Aegon, Royal London, Prudential and Zurich require savers to pay advice fees to use the most advanced form of the freedoms, called \u201cflexi-access drawdown\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Around 350,000 people aged 55-65 face reductions to their funds if they cash in, with \u201cexit penalties\u201d as high as 20 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>Middle-class savers are missing out on thousands of pounds of tax perks because they are forced by some companies, including Scottish Widows, to take the 25% tax-free lump sum up front,\u00a0even though the Government allows savers to spread the money over retirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As Chartered Financial Planners, we work with our clients in an ongoing relationship, to ensure best practice and to ensure\u00a0that tax is never paid, needlessly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you would like to speak to us about your own financial situation or retirement planning concerns, please call us on\u00a0<a href=\"tel:0800%20731%207614\">0800 731 7614<\/a>\u00a0or by e-mail at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@fpgonline.co.uk\">enquiries@fpgonline.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0and we\u2019d be delighted to help.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/personalfinance\/pensions\/11672320\/Minister-pension-freedom-rip-offs-to-be-curbed.html\">The full Telegraph article can be read here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to press reports this weekend, the Government intend to tackle the problems that some individuals\u00a0are facing since the recent pension reforms were introduced. 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