Income

Research from Deloitte has predicted as insurers and annuity providers drive up their capital reserves, the cost will be passed onto annuity customers. Fiona Murphy asks how big an issue is this?

Greg Kingston looks at how income drawdown can fit into many peoples' retirement planning

The sequence of returns in an income drawdown portfolio is all important in creating a sustainable income over the course of a retirement. Steve Patterson looks at the issues.

Pension providers will now have to include the impact of inflation in personal pension illustrations after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) released its final rules on the issue.

More than a dozen pension schemes are undertaking medically underwritten bulk annuity deals with Partnership, after the first two ‘enhanced buy-ins' were completed by the insurer last year.

The government has commissioned the Government Actuary's Department to review income drawdown tables.

James Hay Partnership has started quoting drawdown business at 120% GAD before legislation is changed on 26 March.

GENDER GAP

An online tool to promote local whole of market advice for annuity purchase has been launched by an IFA.

Adrian Walker discusses how new drawdown rules could trigger an advice point for pre-A-Day drawdown clients close to LTA threshold