Scottish Widows

Six out of nine automatic enrolment (AE) providers have no policy to prevent investments in companies that profit from chemical and biological weapons, according to analysis by ShareAction.

Lloyds Banking Group has sold its remaining stake in Standard Life Aberdeen following a decision to withdraw £109bn of assets managed by the firm for Scottish Widows.

This week's top stories included The Pensions Regulator (TPR) issuing its first fine to a scheme for failing to file up-to-date information, and publishing its analysis of schemes with 2018 valuations.

The trustees of the Littlewoods Pensions Scheme have agreed an £880m pensioner buy-in with Scottish Widows.

Low income earners in the majority of master trusts are missing out on tax relief on their retirement savings due to a legislative technicality, according to research.

A third round of IGC reports show most have lowered charges, but transaction costs remain hard to pin down. Kim Kaveh looks at the key findings.

This week's top stories included coverage of the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) latest working paper, and six pension firms placed in provisional liquidator after an Insolvency Service investigation.

Scottish Widows has enhanced its workplace savings offering in a bid to appeal to larger schemes with more flexible products following its acquisition of Zurich Corporate Savings.

Three years after Freedom and Choice, many default funds still have not moved away from targeting annuity purchase. This could have unintended investment risks for members, writes Victoria Ticha

Retirement savings of millions of members could be hit with significant losses if pension providers do not step up action on climate risks, according to research.