Absolutely right the regulator is consulting on introducing ‘investment pathways'

Today the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its final Retirement Outcomes Review report and launched a consultation on a package of measures to improve consumer outcomes at retirement.

Responding to the FCA’s announcement, Nigel Peaple, Director of Policy and Research, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), said: 

"The pension freedoms have resulted in savers needing to make extremely complex decisions at retirement, and we know people are often making these on their own. It’s therefore absolutely right the regulator is consulting on introducing ‘investment pathways’ where providers would offer a small number of options that meet the majority of people’s needs.

“While people should always be encouraged to make active decisions, the PLSA has long said pension trustees and Independent Governance Committees (IGCs) should be able to signpost savers to suitable products which meet Government standards. We also agree with the regulator’s proposals to give IGCs greater oversight over decumulation options, and to improve consumer engagement. Changing the current ‘wake up packs’ and communicating earlier and more regularly with savers are reforms that are urgently needed.”

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