Annuities

A Conservative MP has warned annuities could become the next financial services mis-selling scandal without an urgent and radical overhaul.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should consumers be able to switch annuities as pension minister Steve Webb has advocated?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions stories this week.

Equity Advice LLP has launched The Later Life Academy dedicated to supporting advisers in the at-retirement market.

Pensioners should be able to switch their annuity contract in a similar way to switching mortgages, Steve Webb has said.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Do we need the FCA to introduce a code of conduct for non-advised annuity sales?

The survival of commission and lax regulation are fuelling a "significant shift" to non-advice in the mass market for annuities, at the expense of professional advice, transparency and healthy consumer outcomes, according to the Financial Services Consumer...

Fiona Murphy looks at AJ Bell's recent wish-list for pension reform, including calls to scrap flexible drawdown, and asks other industry players for their views.

As TPAS celebrates its 30th anniversary chief executive Michelle Cracknell tells Helen Morrissey about her plans for the service.