Standard Life "more receptive" to IFAs following restructure

The group has announced a re-organisation of its UK business which will see sales, marketing and distribution come together under a new Take to Market division. This will be led by current head of distribution Paul Mathews. Its new division will be split amongst corporate, direct-to-consumer and the intermediated retail and wealth operations. "This is a new way of working, designed to respond to customer feedback and meet our desire to increase the speed of proposition delivery," the company said in a briefing note. A Standard Life spokesperson said advisers will suffer no disrupti...