Annuities

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the weekend's national newspapers...

The government must tackle the regulatory arbitrage created by the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ban on gender-based underwriting, Standard Life has said.

Martin Tilley of Dentons Pensions Management looks at whether clients meeting the minimum income requirement should automatically apply for flexible drawdown.

Martin Tilley looks at the issues advisers need to bear in mind when recommending scheme pension.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has proposed three new measures to become part of its planned code of conduct for insurers selling annuities.

Pensioners retiring today are 62% worse off than those who retired 20 years ago because of falling gilt yields.

Annuity rates have fallen across the board for December as gilt yields have plunged to record lows.

Risk profiling, getting the right balance with pension funds and investing in America were all over the nationals at the weekend. Here's what your clients will be calling you about this week.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we asked: Where do you see the main areas of growth in the annuity market?

This week: More publicity for income protection, the problem with investing in gilts and why mothers really do matter when it comes to pensions.