Scottish Life

Most uplifts are expected to be in the 40% to 80% range

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.

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......

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

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.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

CASUALTY

Provider Scottish Life could exit the auto-enrolment pension market in 2015 as the looming ‘capacity crunch' hits.

Fiona Murphy discusses the massive opportunities advisers have encountered in the first year of auto-enrolment

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.