Five retirement stories you might have missed

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In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

Providers should be forced to deliver the guidance guarantee if they are to do the right thing by their customers, says Fidelity's head of retirement insight Alan Higham. More advisers are worried about their clients incurring lifetime allowance (LTA) tax charges, according to retirement wealth platform James Hay Partnership, which saw queries around the upper contribution limit spike in the last quarter. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has altered the scope of its retirement income study following the huge changes to annuity rules announced in the Budget. Higher rate taxpaye...

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