Savers invest £1.3bn in income drawdown since April freedoms

Stephanie Baxter
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Savers have invested more in regular income products than just taking cash since the April pension freedoms, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

During April, May and June, around £1.3bn was extracted in cash lump sums with an average payment size of just under £15,000. Meanwhile some £2.3bn has been used to buy income products, of which...

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