Royal London Asset Management

Royal London's wrap platform Ascentric increased new assets under management by 189% to £1,217m in 2010 from £421m the previous year.

Royal London Group lost £2m in the first half of 2010, compared with an £18m profit last year.

Royal London group chief executive Mike Yardley is planning to step down to focus on helping the industry tackle future challenges.

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

Royal London total new life and pensions business rose 35% in the first half of the year, driven by strong performances from Scottish Life and Royal London 360.

Protection providers Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have suffered significant drops in sales over the first half of the year.

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has improved Royal London's rating outlook to ‘positive', saying the life company is now a more competitive force in the UK market place.

Royal Liver and Royal London have successfully completed the first stage of merger talks and have signed an agreement setting out the framework for ongoing discussions.

Insurer Royal Liver has put a possible takeover deal by Royal London on the table to members at the Groups' AGM.

Royal London new life and pensions business increased by more than 50% in Q1 this year, led by a strong performance from its pensions arm Scottish Life.