Axa Life Europe has launched a unit-linked guaranteed range to equip advisers with different retirement options for their clients.

Scottish Widows is considering re-entering the IFA protection market, possibly in 2014.

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Ashcourt Rowan is restructuring part of its business as it expands across the UK to service clients post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

AXA Wealth has added two London & Colonial (L&C) pension products to its Elevate platform to offer advisers more investment options after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

AXA Wealth has added investment platform specialist Platforum's platform analysis tool (PAT) to its proposition to back advisers' due diligence process.

Ashcourt Rowan has appointed a new group head of marketing as part of its national expansion plans.

Scottish Widows has announced its post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) charging model and the enhancement of its e-commerce channel.

Fee-based adviser Fiducia Wealth Management is to align with a number of professional services firms next year as it eyes a family office model that will be "indispensable" to clients.

Women are more likely than men to be hit by financial hardship when they retire if their spouse dies before them, according to Prudential.