Retirement and regulation: The summer's best bits

A summer recap

Tom Ellis
clock • 2 min read

As everyone returns from their summer holidays to sunshine, PA takes a look at all of the key retirement and regulation happenings you may have missed over the break

From post-pension freedom figures to the Bank of England (BoE) controversially weighing into the property vs pension debate (plus a call for the regulator to be split in two) PA looks back at all of the important regulation and retirement events of the summer.    Retirement The government opened a consultation on the proposed £500 pensions advice allowance. It said it's considering is how many times people should be able to access their pension pot to pay for advice.  Aegon announced it is to stop writing annuities. As of October, L&G will write all of its annuity business.  I...

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