Investors face lifetime annuity conundrum

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Savers are facing a rare conundrum about whether to lock into a lifetime annuity amid unprecedented economic uncertainty, Hargreaves Lansdown says.

Since 1990, annuity rates have followed an almost unchecked downward trend driven by increasing life expectancies and relatively stable inflation rates. This pattern – which has occurred in 18 o...

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