Aegon

Aegon has announced an increase in fund charges on some of the insured funds on its savings platform Aegon Retirement Choices (ARC).

Mercer is to launch a master trust through its workplace savings platform, offering access to Aegon, Friends Life and Zurich schemes.

Aegon UK will create more than 100 jobs over the next few months amid "unprecedented growth" of Aegon Retirement Choices (ARC), which launched in 2012.

Barclays has formally launched Beyond Benefits - its employee benefits proposition designed to offer financial education, workplace banking and consultancy services.

Aegon has seen new business sales rise by 45% to £247m as a result of auto-enrolment and increasing platform and group pension sales according to its latest results.

Aegon has announced the appointment of two new directors as it undertakes a restructuring in the wake of the retail distribution review (RDR).

Mercer has added Aegon to the preferred supplier panel of its workplace savings platform, alongside Friends Life and Zurich.

Almost a third of people over the age of 55 are unsure of how much money they need to live comfortably when they retire, according to research from Aegon UK.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has revealed concerns about charging, governance and scale in workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes.

Defined contribtuon (DC) contract providers have given their verdicts government plans to lift NEST's contribution cap and transfer restrictions in 2017.