Aegon

The need for wider access to financial advice has now become "urgent as well as important" in the wake of the extraordinary market developments of the last week, Otto Thoresen says.

Aegon is preparing to take its vision of the future of the financial advice market to the three main political party conferences later this month.

A helpline offering free round-the-clock counselling support to individual protection customers has been launched by Aegon Scottish Equitable.

Aegon will carefully monitor the commission being taken as part of its new flexible adviser remuneration option for annuities to ensure the offer is not abused.

Consumers want simplified and motivational choices when selecting savings products, like a financial version of ‘Weight Watchers', according to research by Aegon.

Aegon has launched a flexible adviser remuneration option for annuities in a bid to close the advice gap for customers with smaller pension pots.

Aegon Scottish Equitable is set to lift restrictions imposed on certain transactions out of its commercial property funds.

More than four in ten retirees expect to receive an income of less than £15,000 a year when they stop working, a survey suggests.

Stewart Ritchie OBE is set to retire as director of pensions development at Aegon after almost 36 years with the company and will be replaced by his deputy Rachel Vahey.

Consumers with large portfolios of tax-free savings may be unaware of their inheritance tax (IHT) liabilities, Aegon Scottish Equitable warns.