Retirement

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Just Retirement is "rapidly adapting" its business model to accommodate changes to pensions announced at Budget 2014, after disclosing annuity sales are "at around half of pre-Budget levels".

Life insurer Friends Life has reported a "limited immediate Budget impact" on its retirement income business but said it expects annuity sales to drop by up to 70% in the medium term.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering ways it can make it clearer to consumers when they are buying products on a non-advised basis online, as more web-based advice solutions are developed.

Prudential has become the latest life company to report severely hit annuity sales in the wake of radical reforms to how people can access their pension.

Pensions communications are failing to break down complicated issues for savers, leaving more than a quarter clueless about how much they have accumulated, research suggests.

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Over 55s are enjoying £150 a month extra income compared to last year as a result of the economic recovery, Aviva's Real Retirement Report has found.

Legal & General (L&G) saw its individual annuity sales drop 40% in the first quarter of the year, with sales down from £406m in 2013 to £244m.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask should the 55% pension tax charge payable on death be scrapped?