Retirement

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering its regulation of the equity release market amid concerns a "dirty word" reputation has led to an under-functioning market.

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Savers have withdrawn £2.5bn from their pensions - mostly in cash lump sums - since the government's wide-ranging retirement reforms in April, latest figures show.

The state pension age is set to rise more quickly than anticipated, according to experts, after official statistics showed the extent to which life expectancy had increased over the last century.

Adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services is requiring advisers who want to give retirement advice post pensions freedom to attain a new retirement-specific top-up exam.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating thousands of annuities sold on a non-advised basis since 2008 to see if they were unsuitable for savers.

Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

Almost all advisers have received enquiries for retirement advice as a result of the government's pension freedom reforms, according to latest research by the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

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