Aegon

What impact has freedom and choice had on the behaviour of those looking to access their retirement savings? Gill Wadsworth takes a look.

HMRC and the FCA have begun consulting on a tax framework and rules for the secondary annuity market.

The biggest stories this week were backlash over Bentley's plans to pass NI costs onto DB members, Rothesay Life buying two-thirds of Aegon's bulk annuity book, and speculation over the future of the British Steel scheme.

Aegon has sold a £6bn UK annuity portfolio to Rothesay Life in a bid to focus on expanding its investment platform.

Aegon is reducing or simplifying charges for over 600,000 contributing members of workplace schemes, according to its independent governance committee (IGC).

Budget documents reveal the government is mulling a clampdown on the range of benefits available under salary sacrifice arrangements, writes Kristian Brunt-Seymour.

Action must be taken to tackle the increasingly large gap in performance of auto-enrolment (AE) providers, according to a report by ShareAction.

The top stories this week were Ros Altmann criticising bullying by WASPI supporters and the government forcing trust-based schemes to report on transfer performance.

Rothesay Life has entered into talks to buy Aegon's £8bn ($11.57bn) annuity book according to Sky News.

Some of UK's largest pension schemes and fund managers have called on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to be more transparent over climate change risks.