I come from the retirement industry, and attention to tontines has been increasing at a steady rate for a number of years. Some of the drivers of this are: 1)

I come from the retirement industry, and attention to tontines has been increasing at a steady rate for a number of years. Some of the drivers of this are: 1) Ageing populations. 2) The people currently pondering retirement have significant assets because they lived through a time of significant economic growth. 3) Increasingly cash-strapped governments and their social security worries