Aegon

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

Almost everyone in the UK will fall short of their expectations of a financially secure retirement unless they take drastic action to adjust there savings, a wide reaching survey suggests.

Aegon has launched a non-advised digital service to help people better prepare for retirement by seeing the need for regular savings.

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Aegon's decision to introduce price caps on the Retirement Choices wrap and the One Retirement SIPP is "potentially game changing", according to platform consultancy the lang cat.

Pricing caps on assets under management in the advised platform market will be industry standard within the next ten years, according to Aegon investment director Nick Dixon.

Aegon is to simplify the charging structures for the One Retirement SIPP and the Aegon Retirement Choices (ARC) wrap, benefiting clients with larger asset pots.

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Aegon's UK business has reported a £5m fall in earnings before tax for the final quarter of last year, which it said is the result of a £7m spend on technology including on a non-advised platform.