pensions
Wealth Management
Saga and Tilney Bestinvest are to launch a joint venture offering investment and financial planning services to the UK's over-50s.
15 January 2015
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2 min read
Pensions
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) must establish a ‘second line of defence' for retirees ahead of pension freedom or the industry faces another major mis-selling scandal, according to MPs.
18 December 2014
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4 min read
Wealth managers
A financial adviser who was jailed for stealing from his pensioner clients has been banned from working in financial services by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
17 December 2014
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1 min read
Retirement Income
Consumer research undertaken by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found 40% of consumers do not exercise their option to switch and instead purchase an annuity from their existing pension provider. The regulator found six key reasons why.
11 December 2014
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3 min read
Retirement Income
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking annuity providers to look into their non-advised sales going back to 2008 to see if consumers missed out on higher income by buying the wrong type of annuity.
11 December 2014
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3 min read
Retirement Income
The FCA has proposed a 'Pensions Dashboard', and said product providers should be obliged to reveal how their annuity quotes compare with competitors' following its study of the retirement income market.
11 December 2014
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2 min read
