Gold blend: Will combining retirement products become the norm?

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Jenna Towler
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The route to retirement has evolved significantly, but will using a combination of retirement products become the norm? Jenna Towler finds out...

This might not be news to advisers, but more Bentleys were sold in the UK last year than RPI inflation-linked annuities. But that doesn't mean advisers can afford to ignore the rather unpopular product or fail to run the numbers and present it clients approaching retirement. Thinking back a few years the choices for retirees were straight forward - you finish work completely, taking your carriage clock for long service, and get a traditional life time annuity. But as the decumulation market has developed, so have the number of choices available to retirees. Lifetime annuities ar...

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