Aegon

Standard and Poor's(S&P) has downgraded pension provider Scottish Equitable and warned on the restructure of parent company Aegon.

With the Government publicly looking to significantly cut welfare benefits spending, is it compliant with regulation for advisers to be raising clients' awareness of this and using it as a tool to increase protection sales, bearing in mind that the widows...

Pimco is bringing two of its giant institutional funds into the UK retail space for the first time with the launch of a new product range.

Aegon is halving the number of its UK sales centres as part of a restructure designed to cut operating costs by 25% by the end of next year.

The DWP claims 56% of employers and 64% of eligible individuals support government plans for auto-enrolment into workplace pension schemes.

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Aegon UK's distribution businesses Origen and Positive Solutions posted combined losses of £2m in the second quarter of 2010.

Positive Solutions is hosting a series of "Wealth Synergy Events" for its IFA partners across the UK.

Aegon is launching a monthly 'ezine' to thousands of advisers with details of online planning tools and updates.

Fund managers have shown their support for oil giant BP despite its record $17bn (£11bn) loss in the second quarter.