Scottish Life
Royal London guaranteed annuity swap plan gets court approval
Most uplifts are expected to be in the 40% to 80% range
Sesame restricted panel providers all deny breaching FCA inducement rules
All seven product providers featured on Sesame's ‘focussed' restricted advice panel have denied breaching the regulator's rules on inducements, after the network was fined £1.6m for selling the coveted spots to the highest bidders.
Blog: The 'wedding dress' of financial planning
George Osborne famously referred to free retirement 'advice' during his Budget speech but 'guidance' in the supporting documents, suggesting he sees little difference between them. Does this matter or is the difference just semantics, asks Fiona Tait......
Three things we learned this week
Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.
'Artificial' charge cap must not be limited to AMC, Scottish Life warns
The planned cap on annual management charges (AMC) for pension schemes is too narrow and risks bringing an "artificial" element to the market, Scottish Life has said.
Three things we learned this week
Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.
Scottish Life 'could exit' AE market as capacity crunch hits
Provider Scottish Life could exit the auto-enrolment pension market in 2015 as the looming ‘capacity crunch' hits.
AE: the advice opportunity
Fiona Murphy discusses the massive opportunities advisers have encountered in the first year of auto-enrolment
Royal London to scrap Scottish Life, Bright Grey and Scot Prov brands
Royal London is scrapping the Scottish Life, Bright Grey and Scottish Provident brands to move to a single "master brand" for its UK life, pensions and investment businesses.
Leave trail commission alone, Scottish Life tells FCA
Trail commission has a "genuine and legitimate place" in adviser remuneration and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) would be wrong to ban future payments on undisturbed pre-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) business, according to Scottish Life.
Scottish Life backs down on consultancy charging
Scottish Life has backed down on its position on the use of consultancy charging for automatic enrolment pension schemes.
Scottish Life launches annuity 'now or later' campaign
Scottish Life is asking IFAs to consider whether to ‘strike now or later' on annuity advice.
Royal London announces with-profits bonus rates
Royal London has announced annual bonuses for 2012 and final bonuses for 2013 for with-profits policies in the Royal London Long Term Fund and in the closed Scottish Life Fund.
Scottish Life adds six funds to core pension range
Royal London's pensions arm, Scottish Life, has added six additional funds to its core investment fund range.
Auto-enrolment drives record new business at Scottish Life
Scottish Life has posted record new business results for the 12 months to 31 December, with total life and pensions business valued at £2.4bn.
Scottish Life: early signs advisers 'coping well' with RDR
Scottish Life's illustration rates have been "significantly better" than they were in January 2012, indicating "advisers are coping well" with the transition to the new regulatory regime, according to one director.
Royal London changes terms FSA deems 'unfair'
Royal London has agreed to change the terms used in its Scottish Life branded unit linked consumer contracts after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) found they may have been unfair.
How to get a decent default fund in place
Scottish Life's Lorna Blyth on designing a default fund fit for the auto-enrolment world
Scottish Life launches AE adviser planning platform
Scottish Life has launched its online auto-enrolment proposition, designed to help advisers boost their corporate business.
Ascentric reports 'dampened growth' due to RDR pressures
Assets on Royal London's wrap platform Ascentric grew 42% to £4.7bn in the nine months to 30 September, with new inflows dropping 18% to £856m, according to latest figures.
Pulling the trigger on auto-enrolment?
Fiona Murphy asks what could happen if the auto-enrolment earnings trigger is raised?
Auto-enrolment: What do you really think?
Fiona Murphy asks advisers to forecast auto-enrolment's chance of success in this month's Inquiry
DWP to align AE limits with personal tax brackets
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed to bring the auto-enrolment earnings thresholds into line with the personal tax limits for 2013/14.
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