Annuities

Annuity rates could hit their lowest point for two years as the sovereign debt crises hits gilt yields.

I strolled into a garage at the weekend to look at trading-in the family saloon.

Origen Retirement Solutions, the at-retirement arm of Aegon-owned advisory firm Origen Financial Services, has introduced a new system to speed up the annuity underwriting process.

Retirement Planner's round up of the week's key pension stories

RPI-linked annuities will count towards the minimum income requirement (MIR) for flexible drawdown, the final Finance Act 2011 has confirmed.

Helen Morrissey goes through the latest results on the enhanced annuity market and asks what challenges advisers face when recommending these products to clients.

Retirement Planner talks to Matt Trott about how the annuity market is developing to meet shifting retirement patterns.

It drew a gasp from the room full of financial advisers when it was shown to them yesterday.

Mark Fawcett, chief investment officer at the National Employment Savings Trusts (NEST), explains how the vehicle's board set up its recommended annuity provider panel.

Concerns are mounting about sales of annuities, while savers are increasingly looking overseas for diversification. It's IFAonline's round-up of the weekend's national newspapers...