Skandia

Skandia say offering alternatively secured pensions, ASPs, can encourage greater pensions savings.

Skandia has launched an online inheritance tax calculator and a guide to help advisers complete IHT forms.

2006 has done a marvellous job of filling advisers' diaries with client appointments for 2006 and 2007. A-day arrived and still offers great potential for the retirement planners amongst us. Additionally the Budget statement in 2006 made sure those advising...

The success of personal accounts depends on learning from the mistakes of stakeholder as almost 90% of advisers do not recommend stakeholder pensions, says Skandia.

Skandia has announced the creation of a senior team specifically set up to tackle the key decisions around the management of its open architecture business.

Alison Turner-Holmes, protection marketing manager at Skandia, is leaving the firm to join Resolution Life as head of marketing.

This year's Finance Act has certainly sparked a lot of debate. The tax and trust sessions that have been run at our regional seminars and other industry forums have been packed to the rafters as advisers try to get their head round the new rules and how...

Standard & Poor's has withdrawn its surveillance of Skandia following its takeover by Old Mutual, but not before firing off a final warning to investors.

Added together, the total legislative change affecting financial planning brought in under the current government forms a remarkable conglomeration. The challenge to advisers to keep up with rapid changes is certainly significant.

An as yet un-branded integrated platform from Selestia and Skandia will be available from next summer.