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Retirement Planner's round-up of the week's top pension stories.
Fixed term annuity (FTA) provider Living Time will relaunch as Primetime Retirement in Q1 this year.
In December the ABI launched a consultation into improving the shopping around process for retirement income. Helen Morrissey asks whether the proposed processes go far enough to solve this issue.
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Helen Morrissey looks at the ABI’s recent proposals to increase use of the open market option and asks if they go far enough.
Living Time, the fixed-term annuity provider, has equalised annuity rates for men and women ahead of an ECJ ruling that could force all providers to do the same.
Living Time will provide fixed term annuity quotes to IFAs via the Assureweb portal from 15 November.
Fixed-term annuity provider Living Time has boosted its online tools for IFAs as part of its campaign to promote more flexibility within the annuity market.
Improvements in the open market option(OMO) process could help pensioners gain £3.3bn in extra income by 2030, according to research by the Pensions Income Choice Association (PICA).
Helen Morrissey looks at the new initiatives open to advisers to provide greater choice to retirees
Each month we ask leading industry figures to answer one big question... What impact do you feel changes to the Age 75 rule will have on the retirement planning industry?
IFAonline Editor Katrina Baugh recently chaired an online Conjecture debate on the complications advisers face when assisting clients as they reach retirement. Has the client accessed their open market option? What kind of annuity is right for them? Would drawdown be better, or a variable annuity, or even a mix of products? The options are endless. The advisers on this panel of industry experts were Steve Lowe, John Moret and Vince Smith-Hughes
The at-retirement market has entered what may well turn out to be a period of significant change.
Helen Morrissey assesses the prospects for the fixed term annuity market
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