Over half (52%) of advised clients have only one partner attending regular review meetings, according to new research.

Almost a third of people, 30%, say they trust AI tools when it comes to getting help with their pension, according to a new study.

Half (50%) of workers would pay more into their workplace pension if their employer also paid a larger share, according to a new report.

Scottish Widows is to move its Letter of Authority (LoA) servicing to Origo’s Unipass LoA digital channel.

Fintech Origo and four major providers have launched a new consortium which aims to transform letter of authority (LoA) processes, cutting process times from as much as 15 days to as little as 15 minutes.

Almost half (47%) of UK adults believe that their retirement outcomes are largely influenced by factors outside of their control, according to new research.

Almost a third of people, 12.2m, face the prospect of pension poverty in later life, according to the Scottish Widows' Annual Retirement Report published today.

Financial Planners and advisers are getting ahead of the impending levy of inheritance tax (IHT) on unused pensions from April next year by using options such as tax wrappers, lifetime gifting and earlier drawdown.

Three in ten (30%) investors contributed more to their portfolios than they usually do in the first quarter of 2026, with half (50%) reporting positive returns, according to a new study.

Life and pensions business Chesnara has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based closed life insurance business Scottish Widows Europe from Lloyds Bank subsidiary Scottish Widows for €110m (£95.98m).

Nine in 10 advisers (88%) expect a rise in investment returns over the next decade, driven by an upward trend in equities, according to a new report.

One in five Paraplanners (22%) are using AI for either specific tasks or as part of their core processes in response to a growing workload.

Workplace savings and pensions provider Scottish Widows has extended Origo’s Unipass Letter of Authority across its business to cut turnaround times and improve the quality of information.

Former Scottish Widows senior executive Emma Watkins will become UK CEO at Canada Life from 1 September.

Two in five UK workers (43%) are unaware how much they are contributing to their workplace pensions.

Chartered Financial Planner Susan Hope, a business development director at Scottish Widows and a pensions advocate, writes abouthow, as National Insurance changes take effect, salary exchange (also called salary sacrifice), could be a new opportunity for Financial Planners. 

Scottish Widows’ £60bn default workplace pension fund, Pension Investment Approaches (PIA), is to transition to a new default offering with a higher exposure to equities and a shorter de-risking phase.

The cost and complexity of new financial regulations, such as the Consumer Duty, are pushing financial advisers to increase minimum client portfolio size to maintain profitability.

Nearly half (47%) of advisers think it is likely a platform could fail financially in the next three years, according to the latest Scottish Widows Investor Confidence Barometer.