Scottish Life

Scottish Life is marketing a new way to look at risk and suitability associated with the so-called "default" option of managed funds for group pension schemes.

Risk management seems to be the hot topic that no-one in the industry can really agree on.

Scottish Life, part of the Royal London Group set to become the industry's biggest mutual once Standard Life demutualises, has announced terminal bonus rates.

Scottish Life International's John Allison says he is hanging up his "marketing" boots and retiring next year, on the same day as the offshore life company unveiled plans to cut 60 jobs.

Scottish Life has introduced an online voting tool to its BeeHive website to give IFAs another platform for expressing their views on key pension issues.

The Society of Financial Adviser's annual Update conference has been revamped to give a ‘pick ‘n' mix' feel this November of technical and regulatory advice, business practice, product and investment updates.

Pensions expert Steve Bee believes there will be four ways of protecting existing pension pots from new retrospective tax rules, set to come into force by April 2006.

Government tinkering with the Pensions Bill has avoided sticky moments for UK pension schemes with fewer than 100 members, says pensions guru Steve Bee.

Too many people are missing out on their state pension entitlement following the introduction of pensions credit, according to pension expert Steve Bee.

Royal Assent of the Finance Bill last week failed to grab industry attention because many people are still waiting for additional details in the Pensions Bill, say pension experts.