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Creating a secondary annuity market—things to contemplate

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Published on: 08 January 2016

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Original news
What are the key points from the Treasury’s response to the call for evidence document?
Does the Treasury’s response to the call for evidence and the detail published on the working of the secondary annuity market raise any new issues?
What are the challenges that face both the sellers and the buyers of these second hand annuities and their next steps?
What does the creation of a secondary annuity market mean for providers and for advisers and their customers?
What happens next?

Article summary

Pensions analysis: The government is to continue the liberalisation of the pensions sector with proposals to create a new secondary annuity market. Chris Brown, a consultant at LEBC Group, considers the key points of the proposals and the challenges that face both the sellers and the buyers of these second hand annuities.

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