Pensions  

FCA eyes guaranteed annuity market risks

He argued this should be made mandatory.

Mr Lowe said cashing out a pension with a Gar should be treated with as much regulatory oversight as defined benefit transfers, because they were essentially the same thing. That could mean forcing the life company to value the pension as an annuity, through something akin to a transfer value analysis.

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