The case for reform of the Pension Freedoms is growing with news this week that hundreds of thousands of consumers are taking money out of pensions and most likely shovelling it into low interest bank accounts.

UK insurers and long term savings providers have today launched a new £100m fund to help support charities “hardest hit” by the Covid-19 crisis. 

One of the more encouraging Financial Planning stories this week came from wealth manager Brewin Dolphin which reported its Financial Planning income up by over 30% for the past half year.

And how are you doing Kevin? Well thanks for asking, I’m not too bad in the circumstances.