Royal London is scrapping the Scottish Life, Bright Grey and Scottish Provident brands to move to a single "master brand" for its UK life, pensions and investment businesses.

Skandia has abandoned plans to buy small stakes in IFA firms following conversations with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in which the regulator said it was "uncomfortable" with the idea.

Barclays is considering controversial plans to dodge a new bonus cap from Brussels.

St. James's Place, the wealth management group, has reported it now has funds under management of £41.8bn, up 5% over the three months ended 30 September 2013, and 20% since the start of the year.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said it, together with Essex Police, is continuing to investigate complaints into troubled overseas property company Harlequin.

More than half of young workers are facing the prospect of lousy retirement incomes unless they significantly increase their pension contributions, an influential think-tank has said.

The former boss of the Co-op was lambasted by MPs for having ‘selective amnesia' after he claimed its stricken bank is an innocent victim of the financial crash.

Sense Network has launched a comprehensive auto enrolment support service for all of its members in conjunction with Steve Bee's Jargonfree Benefits.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Barnett Waddingham has added Brewin Dolphin, Charles Stanley and Rowan Dartington to its discretionary fund management panel for its members.

Half of advisers have thought about launching an execution-only proposition following the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to a recent poll, despite regulatory scrutiny of the market.