Retirement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will push ahead with its annuity market probe, and investigate if providers' profit margins are ‘high', despite industry murmurings self-regulation goes far enough.

Natanje Holt looks at the twin issues of falling annuity values and the recent history of GAD income maximums in drawdown and asks the question: Are we simply going ‘back to the future' rather than looking at a more relevant way of calculating income...

Fewer than one in four major employers say their scheme has a specific ‘decumulation strategy' in place to help retirees get the best annuity, research finds.

Mike Morrison looks at how people make retirement income decisions and concludes they are not always rational.

A telephone advice service offered by Aviva - originally believed to be a casualty of the provider's decision to exit advised sales in May - was in fact pulled months earlier after an audit flagged concerns over the quality of advice given to customers....

The Financial Reporting Council's Executive Counsel has delivered a disciplinary formal complaint in connection with the conduct of Mazars and one of its partners, Richard Karmel, in relation to their engagement to provide advice to the trustee of the...

Jelf Employee Benefits is extending its annuity offering with the launch of its standalone broking service.

Financial advisers should utilise their relationships with solicitors and accountants to drum up auto-enrolment (AE) business, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

Axa Wealth's total sales increased by 68% over the first six months of the year, while the firm saw strong growth in assets on the Elevate platform and specialist multi-manager business Architas.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Stephen Soper to replace Bill Galvin as chief executive on an interim basis.