AE savers should default to drawdown at 55, annuities at 80, says CPS

James Phillips
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The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has called for savers to be "automatically protected" in retirement by phasing them between drawdown and annuitisation.

Savers should be automatically assigned to a drawdown policy at the private pension age of 55, with a default withdrawal of between 4% and 6%. Remaining assets should be placed in a diversified def...

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