Annuities

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has warned the Chancellor's right to advice at retirement promise, announced in the Budget, could inadvertently spark a wave of mis-selling.

Helen Morrissey talks to Hargreaves Lansdown's head of pensions Tom McPhail about the challenges facing the retirement income market and how the Pensions Income Choice Association is trying to meet them.

Steve Lewis looks at the key issues advisers need to consider when advising clients on retirement income.

The Budget ushered in massive changes in the retirement income space. Helen Morrissey asks what this means for the industry.

Yesterday's Budget effectively removed the requirement to ever purchase an annuity, causing shares in listed providers to drop over 50%, but is there value in the sector after such a monumental sell-off?

Yesterday's Budget announced the end of the requirement to purchase an annuity, but it is not the end for the products themselves, says Fidelity Worldwide Investment's Ed Dymott.

Today's Budget pension reforms will not irreparably damage the annuity market says Just Retirement's customer insight director, Stephen Lowe.

Hargreaves Lansdown's shares rose on news the government is set to increase the personal ISA allowance to £15,000, whilst life company stocks tumbled, after chancellor George Osborne unveiled the latest Budget.

In the wake of the FCA review the ABI has put forward its recommendations for how the retirement income market needs to evolve. Helen Morrissey takes a look.

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