Income

Retirement Planner is hosting its third breakfast briefing on 26 March looking at the options and opportunities pensions freedom presents for advisers.

Aegon has launched a dedicated website and interactive tool to assist advisers working with clients on pensions flexibility.

Insurer LV= has called for a levy to be put on transactions where a client purchases a retirement plan from their existing pensions provider.

All defined benefit (DB) pension transfers after 6 April will be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ensure mandatory advice has been taken and fully understood.

The next government cannot afford to wait until 2017 to review minimum auto-enrolment contributions, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

Advisers should shy away from clients eager to cash in their pension pots and bear in mind annuities are "still key to the advice process" for pots worth £30,000 to £100,000, said 2plan chief executive Chris Smallwood.

Profits at Partnership Assurance dropped 51% to £64m in 2014 due to falling individual annuity sales in the wake of the Budget reforms, latest results show.

LV= has launched an online retirement modelling tool to help advisers select, explain and administer a blend of retirement options.

Pension providers must give consumers looking to access their pension pots after 6 April "personalised risk warnings" before selling them retirement income products, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

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