Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his Autumn Statement alongside the government's spending review on 25 November.
Aegon is preparing to sell off parts of its UK-based operations, Sky News reports.
Zurich is planning to launch a drawdown product that allows clients to convert assets into an income for life at a chosen point in retirement.
The Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) has created an industry standard for retirement advisers.
Wealth manager Mattioli Woods has bought advice firm Taylor Patterson for £8.3m, adding a further £640m to its £5.4bn of client assets.
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Pensions minister and Conservative peer Ros Altmann has been expelled by the Labour Party after it emerged she had been a member for the past 18 months.
Introducing a long-stop to financial advice liability is the only way a properly functioning mass-market model can develop, MPs have been told.