'A hard act to beat': Annuity pricing and value for money

Late last month, 21 October to be precise, was National Annuity Day, an event organised by Steve Butler of Pension Potential and supported by many of the well-known annuity providers. Annuities were written off as a lousy investment following the introduction of pension freedoms in 2015 but they have now come back into fashion, so dedicating a day to annuities is a good way of promoting the benefits of guaranteed income to a new generation of advisers and clients. The main reason why they fell out of fashion was the income from annuities fell to rock bottom following the Bank of Engla...