Scottish Life

Scottish Life has a property weighting in its Balanced Managed Pension Fund, which is 12 times the sector average thanks to its "Managed Strategies" initiative.

Financial advisers should give up on the idea of trying to help people who are not already saving for their retirement and concentrate on the over 50s who already do, suggests a UK pensions expert.

Self-regulation by providers of self invested personal pensions (Sipps) is the key to maintaining consumer confidence until formal safeguards are put in place, according to Standard Life.

Scottish Life has released figures suggesting increasing numbers of IFAs and their clients are moving towards more flexible commission structures.

Scottish Life has launched an A-Day "survival pack" for intermediaries designed to help them understand and work within the new pension legislation.

The confirmation of borrowing rules on Sipps post A-Day by the Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have been described as ‘tough' and ‘penal,' by the industry.

Falling commission levels on pension products represents the greatest strain on the survival of financial adviser businesses, new research indicates.

Pension simplification set for 6 April 2006, has again thrown up a potential for confusion, this time regarding the re-naming of certain pensions products.

Trade publications have started carrying a new advertising campaign from Scottish Life pledging commitment to independent whole of market intermediaries and highlighting the provider's solution to the fees vs commission debate.

A 'survival pack' of information on A-Day is to be published offline by Scottish Life, based on information available from its online ‘technical central' resource centre.