Aegon

Legal and General (L&G) Retail Retirement has agreed an introducer agreement within its retirement income division to provide annuities to Prudential customers with guaranteed rates.

Aegon has incorporated ESG into its £19bn TargetPlan defined contribution (DC) default fund for its master trust and group personal pension plan.

Experts have called on the industry to personalise pension communications and expand auto-enrolment (AE) to all workers ahead of the fifth Pension Awareness Day on Sunday.

Long-serving Aegon UK chief executive (CEO) Adrian Grace will be replaced by Mike Holliday-Williams on 1 October.

Retirement confidence is on the rise, with more than half of savers yet to retire feeling they will be able to do so comfortably, according to research by Aegon.

Boris Johnson's mooted income tax reforms would create a double-edged sword whereby income tax winners would become pension tax relief losers, according to research by Aegon.

Aegon's master trust now manages over £1bn in savers' assets as its overall European life business continues to grow.

The Living Wage Foundation has launched a campaign to tackle work insecurity after research found one in six workers are in low-paid, unstable work.

A parliamentary group has been set up to introduce a national strategy which focuses on the benefits of longevity, rather than the "problems" of an ageing UK population.

Guy Opperman is the second-longest serving dedicated junior pensions minister, overtaking Labour's Malcolm Wicks.