Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows is being accused of threatening to shut down IFA agencies as the insurance giant seeks to address falling business levels.

Lloyds Banking Group is to wind down its Clerical Medical brand in favour of Scottish Widows in the coming years, it has confirmed today.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) is offering its Multi-Manager Diversity fund and Absolute Bond fund through Skandia's "Selestia Investment Solutions" platform.

Scottish Widows has launched a six year capital protected fund aimed at cautious investors looking to protect their investment in the current economic crisis.

After much talk of a generic industry-wide protection campaign it seems the ball has started rolling. Paul Robertson explains the what it hopes to achieve and how it may impact the industry.

Scottish Widows plans to reduce the administrative burden on advisers with clients making regular contributions into its Retirement Account, IFAonline has learnt.

An average male coming up to retirement who has invested in a Scottish Widows with-profits personal pension policy over 20 years will see £10,000 wiped off the value of his fund compared to the same time last year.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership is launching an online training resource for IFAs.

Scottish Widows has reintroduced a 180-day delay period for certain transactions involving the Scottish Widows Life Property Fund.

The Pension Policy Institute's (PPI) calls for early access to pension funds has been backed by Scottish Widows, which says the proposal could help reduce the gender gap in private pensions.