Today is Bright Grey and Scottish Provident managing director Roger Edwards' last day in his role as he leaves to focus on marketing, social media, speaking - and yoga teaching.
Royal London is to launch a direct to consumer proposition next year, comprising 'basic' savings and protection products that do not require advice.
Members of life and pensions mutual Royal London have agreed to proposals to acquire the life insurance and asset management businesses of the Co-operative Banking Group.
FundsNetwork has accelerated its take on of clean share classes to achieve its target of having 95% of current platform assets covered by clean share classes by the end of June.
Royal London has reported assets under administration on its Ascentric wrap platform have risen 16% to nearly £6bn, in what the company said is the wrap's "best ever quarter".
Roger Edwards, managing director of UK protection at Royal London, is to leave the company.
A near-25% rise in UK protection sales helped drive an increase in profits for the Royal London group in 2012.
Royal London has announced annual bonuses for 2012 and final bonuses for 2013 for with-profits policies in the Royal London Long Term Fund and in the closed Scottish Life Fund.
Royal London has agreed to buy the Co-operative Banking group's life insurance and asset management businesses in a deal worth up to £219m.