When do annuities become a viable alternative to drawdown?
Annuities will continue to play an important role in retirement planning and income despite predictions of their demise in favour of drawdown, Billy Burrows has said.
Retirement Planner is hosting its third breakfast briefing on 26 March looking at the options and opportunities pensions freedom presents for advisers.
On June 11th Retirement Planner held its inaugural Forum and Awards at Le Meridien Piccadilly in London.
"The Budget freedoms are not license for people to spend their retirement income unwisely" - so said Key Retirement Solutions' Billy Burrows when I interviewed him recently (see pages 4-5).
Billy Burrows talks to Helen Morrissey about his new role at Key Retirement Solutions and how the customer's at-retirement journey is evolving.
We have seen the development of one-year fixed-term annuities since the Budget. But do they represent good value for money? Fiona Murphy takes a closer look.
Billy Burrows is to leave specialist annuity broker Annuity Line as part of a business restructure.
Innovation required: How the annuity market is adapting to survive