Annuities

Professional Adviser's Armchair Critic takes a look at the Pension Wise website, and can't quite believe what he is (and isn't) reading...

A third of people who have already purchased an annuity intend to keep it despite government promises they can sell their right to the income for cash, according to a poll of 1,800 retirees.

The death of the ‘once and done' pension plan

Annuities will continue to play an important role in retirement planning and income despite predictions of their demise in favour of drawdown, Billy Burrows has said.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will soon protect the total value of people's annuities, it has confirmed.

Why advisers' approach to final salary pensions has changed forever

Five reasons I might sell my annuity

Annuitants drawing an income from small retirement funds are most likely to sell their contracts, among those in favour of proposals permitting them to do so, according to research.

An exasperated Friends Life pension customer is taking his case to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) after what he said is a decade of poor service from the life company.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to review the suitability of retirement advice following the pension ‘freedoms' set to be introduced next month.