Aegon

More needs to be done to increase adviser understanding of third way pensions or growth in this area in the UK will be limited, according to new research by consultancy Rayner Spencer Mills (RSM).

Origen, the IFA group owned by Aegon, has acquired the financial services business of a 20-partner, Bromley-based law firm as it seeks to boost its corporate business.

Aegon Scottish Equitable has launched an adviser extranet service for use with its guaranteed onshore bond, Investment Control.

Aegon is launching the latest in its growing retirement solutions range with a product it says bridges the gap between annuities and income drawdown vehicles.

Aegon aims to highlight the opportunities for advisers in the "changing pensions landscape" at a series of roadshows.

The Aegon Group has seen its worldwide net income plummet 78% in Q1 this year, down from €707m to €153m.

Employees are yet to benefit two years on from A-Day because many employers are unaware of opportunities created by significant tax changes in the Finance Act.

A business protection toolkit for advisers has been launched by AEGON Scottish Equitable in a bid to address a £500m gap in the market.

Soaring individual business helped push profits at AEGON UK up by 27% in 2007, it announced today.

A series of with-profits roadshows designed to help answer adviser queries posed by the FSA's with-profits sector briefing issued in July last year has kicked off across the UK.