Royal London

Royal London's pensions arm, Scottish Life, has added six additional funds to its core investment fund range.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has added Royal London to its restricted range.

Henderson non-executive chairman Rupert Pennant-Rea is to stand down in May 2013 to take a similar role at Royal London Group.

Royal London has agreed to change the terms used in its Scottish Life branded unit linked consumer contracts after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) found they may have been unfair.

Stephen Shone, finance director at Royal London, is to step down from the role and be replaced by Kerr Luscombe.

Assets on Royal London's wrap platform Ascentric grew 42% to £4.7bn in the nine months to 30 September, with new inflows dropping 18% to £856m, according to latest figures.

Royal London's consumer website MoneyVista is in talks with networks to give block access to its services to help advisers better access the mass-market after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Chris Read looks at the rapidly expanding platform market and asks how it need to evolve to more fully service the retirement market.

Profits at Royal London fell by 25% in the first half of the year as a slow market hit new sales and low interest rates affected revenues from customers' policies.

Mutual life and pensions company Royal London has announced the management team for its intermediary propositions, following the appointment of Hugh McKee as chief executive last month.