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The government's new bonds for the over 65s have seen the biggest opening sales of any retail financial product in Britain's modern history, after more than 110,000 customers invested in the products, National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has said.
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Partnership Assurance Group, the enhanced annuity specialist, has scrapped plans to issue bonds despite "significant interest" from investors.
While pension savers back the upcoming pension freedoms they are ‘daunted' by the scale of choice on offer and want providers to offer them a default investment or drawdown choice, research has found.
Ascentric has introduced an inclusive platform charge as it moves to give advisers more charging options for their clients.
Maximising retirees' tax positions will become all-important post-pension freedoms, giving advisers huge on-platform planning opportunities, Zurich's Alistair Wilson has said.