Aug 21, 2013 MONEY MATTERS

Annuity window gives an unclear view

Man holding bank notes
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The good, the bad and ugly of annuity rates

banknotes as workers are in danger of being shut out of the best value pensions unless the Government lifts restrictions around a scheme which is key to its landmark retirement reforms, a committee of MPs warned
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Aug 21, 2013

Pension income rates to be made public

Move to bring improved transparency to annuities

Aug 20, 2013 COMPANIES

Pension schemes seen to lack incentives

Royal London chief calls for reform

Aug 16, 2013 CURRENT ISSUE

Boost for capped drawdown investors

Maximum income limits to increase with gilt rise

Aug 16, 2013

Householders face big jump in energy bills

Number of fixed-rate deals due to expire soon

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Aug 16, 2013

How to tackle the pension crisis

Society will be faced with tough choices

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Aug 15, 2013

Clock ticks on pension protection

Lifetime allowance due to fall to £1.25m

Aug 9, 2013

Workers stick with pensions

Take up exceeds expectations

A security guard is silhouetted in front a Prudential office in London March 1, 2010. Britain's Prudential said it would buy AIG's Asian life insurance arm for $35.5 billion, in a deal set to make the insurer the undisputed leader in one of the world's fastest-growing financial services markets.
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Jul 26, 2013

Pru under fire over pension pack quotes

Concerns over promotion of with-profit annuities

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Jul 26, 2013

Beware the commutation catch

Taking cash-free cash from a pension is established practice – but it may have a cost in the long term

Jul 26, 2013

Equitable Life compensation storm

235,000 people could be entitled to aid

Jul 21, 2013

IASB rejects plea to ease discount rate

Accounts body rebuffs companies’ request for looser pension rules

Jul 19, 2013 Serious Money from ADVICE & COMMENT

False economy of pension tax relief axe

Big changes to pension saving can easily backfire, writes Josephine Cumbo

Jul 19, 2013

Annuity rates continue to rise

But yields are still very low by historical standards

Jul 18, 2013

Questions over government care cap

Campaigners say it falls short of total costs

Jul 17, 2013

Nest pension scheme hit by £1.4m fraud

Trustees forced to tighten security controls

Jul 12, 2013

Q&A: pension buyouts

What do deals such as that at EMI mean for scheme members?

Jul 12, 2013 INVESTMENTS

The hidden costs of investing

Millions in the dark about how much they pay

Jul 11, 2013

OFT ‘concerns’ over workplace pensions

Warning over charging structures

Jul 5, 2013

Smiths struggles to shrink pension deficit

Engineer to continue paying £76m a year to plug deficit

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