Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows is preparing to scrap £440 million of investments in firms that don't meet its stricter environmental, social and governance standards. The pensions firm has begun the process of divesting £440m of its holdings in firms that it believes pose “the most seve

Scottish Widows has invested £2 billion in a new fund from Black Rock which is expected to support the transition to a new low carbon economy. The pensions provider has allocated £2bn of its pension portfolios in the newly launched Authorised Contractual Scheme (ACS) Climate Transit

Port of Leith Housing Association has attracted investment of £40 million from Scottish Widows, bolstering its plans to create more than 650 social and mid-market rent homes by 2025. The funding will be drawn in stages at a low 30-year fixed rate of 2.84%.

Over a third of female entrepreneurs in Britain are not saving any money for retirement, a new report by Scottish Widows has found.

Scottish Widows has reversed its stance on a claim that it does not offer stocks and shares Isas to anyone over the age of 74, telling a potential customer he had been given the wrong information when his attempt to invest with the business was refused. Retired engineering lecturer Bob McFarlane had

A new Scottish Widows life and critical illness product range has been rolled out to Bank of Scotland customers. The "Plan and Protect" products, which were made available to some Halifax customers last October, are now available across the UK to all Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank and Halifax custome

Housing, care and property management group Wheatley has secured a ground-breaking investment of £76.5 million that will enable it to build hundreds of new affordable homes. The 25-year debt funding deal provided by Scottish Widows, through its partnership with the Bank of Scotland’s Rea

Lynn Graves, corporate pensions expert at Scottish Widows Scottish workers are more optimistic about their financial prospects than those across the rest of the UK, according to a survey conducted by Scottish Widows.