Scottish Widows

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) upheld complaints against the Marks & Spencer Pension Trust in two cases involving retirement quotations.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has refused to order the Prudential to pay compensation after it took too long to transfer a member of its own scheme's funds to Scottish Widows.

Hymans Robertson has hired the National Employment Savings Trust's (NEST) John Taylor to run its Guided Outcomes (GO) proposition.

Pensions Minister Steve Webb has revealed that Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officials met representatives of leading insurers 27 times over the last four months.

Scottish Widows has launched a specialist auto-enrolment (AE) team to support employers and advisors through the changes to workplace pensions.

An employer auto-enrolling its staff at the end of November was forced to reverse its payroll after a Scottish Widows error led to last-minute changes in its fee structure.

Standard Life has announced an alliance with Broadstone Corporate Benefits to deliver packaged auto-enrolment (AE) services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Gallagher Employee Benefits has launched an employee benefits service, GroupSure, with a workplace pension from Scottish Widows, aimed at small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

Aberdeen has beaten off competition from Macquarie to acquire Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) in a deal worth up to £650m.

In the final installment of the Scottish Widows roundtable on auto-enrolment the panel discusses the future of auto-enrolment.