Govt axes plan for annuity re-sale market
- Tuesday, 18 October 2016
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The Government has axed plans for a secondary annuities market over fears about consumer protection in a surprise announcement late this afternoon.
Read more...FCA tells Standard Life to review 8 years of sales in annuity probe
- Tuesday, 18 October 2016
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The FCA has told Standard Life to review all non-advised annuity sales from July 2008 following a probe of the sector.
Read more...FCA finds “poor behaviour” in a sample of annuity sales
- Friday, 14 October 2016
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The Financial Conduct Authority is to order a number of firms to review annuity sales back to 2008 after finding evidence of “concerns” but says its review of non-advised annuity sales found no widespread “systemic” problems.
Read more...Aegon strikes annuity deal with L&G after £9bn sale
- Thursday, 28 July 2016
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Aegon has announced a new annuity partnership with Legal & General, which means it will cease to write new annuities from the last quarter this year.
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