Industry expects FCA annuity investigation to uncover dodgy practices

Michael Klimes
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will find poor practice and mis-selling when it delves into the non-advised annuity sales market, according to PP readers.

A third of the 157 respondents to this week's Pensions Buzz survey said mis-selling had been widespread, while just under half said the watchdog would find isolated incidents. Elsewhere in the r...

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