Annuities

Advisers believe uncertainty over future pricing will make it difficult to advise women on lifetime annuities before the EU gender directive on 21 December, Primetime Retirement has found.

Old Mutual is to launch a range of at-retirement products, in a bid to rival upscale wealth managers like St James's Place.

Advisers will have a bigger job on their hands after gender equalisation comes into force this year, indicates research.

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

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Are you clients taking a blended approach to retirement planning?

More than 30% of people aged over 60 are confused about annuities, research conducted by Age UK has found.

Andrew Tully asks how advisers need to take gender neutral pricing of annuities into their advice process.

Fewer people are saving long term as covering current costs gets harder, according to AXA's Big Money Index 2012.

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