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IFAonline Editor Katrina Baugh recently chaired an online Conjecture debate on the complications advisers face when assisting clients as they reach retirement. Has the client accessed their open market option? What kind of annuity is right for them? Would...

The at-retirement market has entered what may well turn out to be a period of significant change.

Kim Lerche-Thomsen discusses how processes need to change if advisers are to help clients make the most of their retirement options

Living Time's marketing director Steve Lowe spoke to Retirement Planner about winning Third-Way Provider of the Year at the recent Professional Adviser Awards

Helen Morrissey assesses the prospects for the fixed term annuity market

Each month we ask leading industry figures to answer one big question

Each month we ask leading industry figures to answer one big question

The launch of PICA's first report into raising awareness of at-retirement options has given the industry food for thought. Helen Morrissey asks how the recommendations will be taken forward

Annuity advice should be made as widely available as possible, before the industry starts pushing direct-to-consumer options, according to Living Time.

An industry initiative to raise awareness of the open market option and decumulation choices has been formally named as the Pensions Income Choice Association (PICA).