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The Financial Conduct Authority has announced new rules and plans to help make pension choices clearer for over-50s, which it says will help up to 100,000 every year. 
29 January 2019
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Annuity providers will have to tell savers if they can get a better deal from another provider and how to get it, under proposed new rules outlined by the financial regulator.
25 November 2016
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Plans to allow retired savers to sell their retirement annuities have been shelved by the Government.
18 October 2016
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Standard annuity rates have collapsed to all-time lows just weeks after new pension freedoms came into force, according to a financial website.
23 April 2015
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New rules to protect savers, which include increasing the amount you can reclaim when a bank fails from £85,000 to £1million in certain circumstances, have been confirmed by the Bank of England today.
1 April 2015
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Pension providers will have to give more support to savers accessing their pension pots in future, under plans confirmed by the regulator today.
26 March 2015
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In tomorrow's Budget, the Chancellor will likely be lauding the most radical changes to private pensions for a generation.
17 March 2015
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Five million people who've already bought and locked into an annuity will be given the same pension freedoms as people nearing retirement, the Government has announced.
16 March 2015
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Everyone aged 55 and over will now be entitled to a free state pension statement the Government has announced today, but it's not automatic so you'll need to request a copy.
7 February 2015
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The impartial guidance that will be offered alongside the pension changes coming into force in April will go under the name Pension Wise, the Government has announced.
12 January 2015

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