Annuities regaining acceptance: ChallengerBY ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012 10:10AMLife annuities sales have increased rapidly following the GFC's onslaught on retirement assets, but investors and advisers are still wary about what happens to their capital if they don't live long enough to exhaust the annuity. |
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