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Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Advisers say Widows' annuity return good for consumers IFAs have welcomed Scottish Widows' plan to re-enter the IFA annuity market as a move they said will boost competition in the sector. Today Widows announced its plans to re-engage with the IFA annuity market, and is considering a similar strategy for the IFA protection market. Billy Burrows, director of Better Retirement Group, said: "There are currently only three or four players in the non-enhanced annuity space, so any entry to the market is a good thing." To read more click HERE NAPF proposes national annuity brokerage...

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