Guaranteed income integration critical to guided retirement success

Research finds annuitisation rates of 55% to 60% are possible without compulsion

Jonathan Stapleton
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Nuveen's Harriet Steel and Sophie Ballard
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Nuveen's Harriet Steel and Sophie Ballard

Guaranteed income can be successfully integrated into UK guided retirement solutions without mandating annuitisation, latest research from Nuveen and the TIAA Institute reveals.

The research – Beyond Auto-enrolment: International Lessons for converting UK Retirement Savings into Lifetime Income, published today (16 September) – drew on research from some of the UK's larges...

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