{"id":16064,"date":"2016-06-10T06:01:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T23:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/savers-paying-up-to-10-to-cash-in-pension-pots\/"},"modified":"2016-06-10T06:12:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T23:12:06","slug":"savers-paying-up-to-10-to-cash-in-pension-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/savers-paying-up-to-10-to-cash-in-pension-pots\/","title":{"rendered":"Savers &#039;paying up to 10%&#039; to cash in pension pots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nCitizens Advice says 41% of people who want to access their cash are charged a fee, and those with smallest pots hit hardestAbout 160,000 people have had to pay fees to access their pensions since new freedoms were introduced, with some seeing more than 10% of their retirement pot swallowed up by charges, according to a report.The study by Citizens Advice said that those with smaller pots were the group hit the hardest. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/jun\/10\/savers-paying-up-to-10-to-cash-in-pension-pots\" target=\"_blank\">Savers &#8216;paying up to 10%&#8217; to cash in pension pots<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Citizens Advice says 41% of people who want to access their cash are charged a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-4b6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1032,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/most-british-savers-fully-cashed-out-pension-pots-on-retirement-after-rule-changes\/","url_meta":{"origin":16064,"position":0},"title":"Most British savers fully cashed out pension pots on retirement after rule changes","date":"January 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Financial Conduct Authority study finds 68% of pensions accessed between July and September were cashed out, raising concerns over investment decisionsMost British savers retiring between July and September last year fully cashed out their pension pots after rule changes, the financial markets regulator said, feeding concern they are not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1969,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rip-off-pension-exit-fees-will-be-capped-says-george-osborne\/","url_meta":{"origin":16064,"position":1},"title":"&#039;Rip-off&#039; pension exit fees will be capped, says George Osborne","date":"January 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Government announces plan for financial regulator to cap \u2018prohibitive\u2019 charges levied on savers who wish to cash in pension potsThe government has announced plans to cap the \u201crip-off\u201d exit charges levied on savers who opt to cash in their pension pots as a result of the pension freedoms introduced\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11514,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/quarter-of-a-million-savers-take-advantage-of-pension-freedom\/","url_meta":{"origin":16064,"position":2},"title":"Quarter of a million savers take advantage of pension freedom","date":"April 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r HMRC says amount of money withdrawn from pension pots in the year since the new rules has dropped to \u00a3820m from \u00a31.5bnSavers have withdrawn at least \u00a34.35bn from pensions in the year since new flexibilities were launched, official figures show. 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