Aegon Scottish Equitable

Aegon Scottish Equitable is launching an initiative to help IFAs explain complicated investment concepts to their clients.

Aegon Scottish Equitable is set to roll out tele-interviewing across its entire individual protection range.

Aegon Scottish Equitable has increased the guaranteed rate period from 14 to 21 days on all its annuity quotes.

AEGON Scottish Equitable has launched an onshore bond offering investors money-back guarantees and a range of payment options.

AEGON Scottish Equitable has added four extra charging options to its Group SIPP (GSIPP) to meet various adviser business models.

Pensions reform will mean many things to many people. For the Government, the key to winning the hearts and minds of employers will be to make it as easy as possible for them to engage with the new personal accounts scheme.

Changes in the treatment of protection claims where medical information has not been fully revealed will not mean consumers can be more relaxed in their disclosure, AEGON warns.

It was not that long ago since With-Profit Bonds dominated the investment advice arena. In fact, between 2000 and 2002, £8.3billion was invested, via IFAs, into with-profits bonds (Source ABI). While there were offshore with-profits bonds available, they...

With-profits guru Ned Cazalet says IFAs face a "real struggle" getting accurate information on with-profits from providers.

Nine out of ten IFAs (88pc) believe increasing numbers of people will be unable to retire when they wish and retirement ages will rise significantly over the next ten year, according to Aegon's IFA Insights Research.