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    • Friday, 2 February, 2024
      Pension planning: annuities back on the table

      Higher interest rates have boosted income for life options

    • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
      Annuities — we want your views

      Do you enjoy peace of mind, or do you regret this retirement decision?

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    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      LexPersonal pensions
      Defined Contribution pensions: the lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock Premium content

      UK pension reforms in 2014 gave retirees greater flexibility

      The Pension Regulator’s website
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Standard Life returns to the annuities market

      Product’s popularity has been reinvigorated as rates have increased

      A retirement age couple, walking by a beach
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Would an annuity work for you?

      Check your personal circumstances, as what’s right for one person is not for another

    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Personal pensions
      Annuity sales jump on high interest rates

      Savers opt for income security as markets fluctuate

      A retirement age couple seated on a seafront
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Moira O'Neill
      Annuities look sexy again: should Barbie buy one at 64?

      There are arguments for and against even with today’s wobbling stock market

    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      LexLegal & General Group PLC
      L&G/annuities: bulks end their sulks foreseeing £1.2tn opportunity Premium content

      But capital is tied up for a long time and profits are spread well into the future

      Incoming boss António Simões will start on the front foot
    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Pensions
      Savers look to pension annuities as rates soar

      But any drop in rates later in 2023 could hit demand recovery

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      News in-depthAmerican Equity Investment Life Holding Co
      How an insurer in Iowa became the most coveted asset on Wall Street

      American Equity’s chief executive battles to keep annuity provider independent as acquirers circle

      Anant Bhalla
    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Charles Calkin
      Is it time to take the annuities gamble?

      Rates are up 40 per cent this year — but there is much to consider

      Harriet Walter as Fanny Dashwood in the 1995 film “Sense and Sensibility”
    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Serious MoneyMoira O'Neill
      Time to switch out of a defined benefit pension?

      Rising rates make annuities attractive for DB pensioners but they’re not right for all

      A pound coin balanced on a dictionary displaying the words pension fund
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Pensions
      What does the bond rout mean for my pension?

      Fallout from UK chancellor’s mini-Budget spreads from property to retirement

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    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      Rothesay Life Ltd
      Rothesay chief Loudiadis to step down after 15 years

      Addy Loudiadis will hand over the reins of the pension insurance specialist after helping to create the market

      Addy Loudiadis
    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Media
      Apollo-led group buys songbook of ‘Despacito’ singer Luis Fonsi

      Deal with HarbourView comes as Wall Street chases returns from music copyrights

    • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
      Steve Webb
      Annuities deserve a fresh look

      Older pensioners can benefit from out-of-favour retirement instruments

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      Pensions
      10m pensioners risk running out of money — poll

      Retirees unsure about managing their funds but resist advice

    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
      Next Act
      Is there still life in the annuities market?

      Tomorrow’s retirees want guaranteed income — but not at any price

    • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
      UK insurance industry
      UK Court of Appeal overturns £12bn Prudential ruling

      Decision clears way for insurers to rid themselves of old businesses

    • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
      Special ReportFT 401 Retirement Advisers
      Secure Act aims to boost the appeal of annuities in retirement plans

      Guaranteed income in old age makes sense but stumbling blocks remain for sponsors and workers

    • Wednesday, 29 April, 2020
      Maike Currie
      Five ways to protect your post-pandemic pension pot

      How will your retirement finances change BC and AC — before and after coronavirus?

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Q&A
      Prudential mis-selling: are you eligible for compensation?

      Provider reviewing 183,000 annuity sales after being fined by regulator

      Prudential Plc's Headquarters Ahead Of Results...A pedestrian passes the Prudential Plc company logo, on display outside the company's headquarters in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Prudential Plc, the U.K.'s biggest insurer, will probably post faster growth in first-half profit than U.K. competitors as demand grew for annuities in the U.S. and insurance in Asia. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
      Prudential PLC
      Prudential/policy transfers: switch snitch
      Prudential wants to transfer a £12bn annuity book to Rothesay, which policyholders object to
    • Monday, 30 September, 2019
      Prudential PLC
      Prudential fined £24m over lack of transparency in annuities sales

      UK insurer rebuked over using large bonuses and spa breaks as staff incentives

      File photo dated 24/01/11 of the logo of financial services company Prudential, which has announced plans to merge its M&G asset management arm with its UK life and pensions business, but warned of job losses under cost-cutting plans from the move. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday August 10, 2017. The insurance giant said the combined business will be called M&G Prudential and will manage £332 billion of assets for more than six million customers in the UK and internationally. See PA story CITY Prudential. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski /PA Wire
    • Friday, 27 September, 2019
      UK insurance industry
      Rothesay Life and Prudential appeal against £12bn transfer ruling

      Decision to block annuity deal contains ‘material errors of law’

      FILE PHOTO -  Shadows are cast onto the logo of British life insurer Prudential on their building, in London October 21, 2008.   REUTERS/Stephen Hird/File Photo                        GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD
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