Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Lord Blackwell as chairman of Scottish Widows as part of a spate of senior appointments.
IFA directory Unbiased has announced Standard Life will be supporting the site's ‘Value of Advice' campaign.
A week after Standard Life said it would not add an adviser charging facility to some legacy products, one adviser argues that not doing so could lead to an increase in transfers following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
Standard Life will roll out RDR-friendly charging structures across its key retail product lines this year, in a move which will see the provider pass fund manager rebates back to new clients on its fund supermarket, FundZone.
Standard Life's retail platform assets rose 26% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2011, as the group added an extra 41 adviser firms on its wrap.