Five stories you may have missed this week

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This week's top stories included an analysis finding the cost of equalising guaranteed minimum pensions in schemes could hit FTSE 100 profits by up to £15bn.

Also, Guy Opperman unveiled a simplified two-page annual benefits statement, and the lifetime allowance is to grow by about £25,000 as inflation fell to 2.4%. 1) Fears grow over GMP equalisation...

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