Aegon Scottish Equitable

AEGON Scottish Equitable has teamed up with Towers Perrin Tillinghast and Cazalet Consulting to launch an online with-profits analyser.

Government amendments to the Pensions Bill requiring protected rights to purchase a 50% spouses pension is a 'second-guesisng' exercise which is sending out a confused message to the market, claims Aegon Scottish Equitable.

Aegon Scottish Equitable is warning advisers to review their clients' investments into PEPs and ISAs amid fears surrounding their IHT treatment.

Aegon Scottish Equitable is preparing for a new series of roadshows to bring advisers up to date with the latest Budget and regulatory changes to the pensions landscape.

Aegon Scottish Equitable is holding a series of seminars which aim to help advisers target and start writing business protection.

Recent announcements about Standard Life's launch of an open-architecture contract and Legal and General's launch of a new international life company, based in Ireland by end of the year, herald major changes to the current offshore landscape.

A-day has been part of my life for the last five years. I have been involved with its development, from its original launch in the Green Paper in December 2002 (Simplifying the taxation of pensions: increasing of choice and flexibility for all).

The government is being ‘optimistic' about the amount of new savings which will be generated by personal accounts, claims Aegon Scottish Equitable.

The government's decision to extend the Financial Assistance Scheme for workers who lost their pensions when their employers collapsed, is just more political spin, says a leading pensions campaigner.

The latest figures from the ABI indicate that the market for offshore single premium bonds sold in the UK has increased from £4.8bn in 2005 to £7.1bn in 2007 - an increase of almost 50%. This is after a 63% increase in 2006 over 2005. This is a big and...