TPR must do more on alternative annuities

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The Pensions Regulator needs to "beef up" its advice to consumers about alternative annuities, Prudential head of business development Vince Smith-Hughes says.

He told PP that headway has been made to encourage members to shop around at retirement through the Association of British Insurers' compulsory code of conduct. But he said more needed to be don...

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