Papers

The Scotsman says women are set to take over the millionaires' club.

STANDARD Life's top executives could receive a total of almost 2.8m shares, after the company's cash-based incentive scheme was converted to share-based awards, reports the Scotsman.

The Times says the FSA is to impose fines and censures against individuals and firms for their roles in the split caps scandal of recent years.

JIM SPOWART, the man who founded Standard Life Bank and Intelligent Finance, has signed by Scottish media company SMG to head a new price comparison website, says the Daily Telegraph .

MORE THAN 50,000 policyholders, who failed to register before the original deadline for free Standard Life discounted shares, have now claimed their windfalls, reports The Scotsman .

BANKS, LIFE assurers and fund managers are to be given leading roles in setting up and eventually running the government's proposed low-cost national pensions savings scheme.

A KNIFE-EDGE decision on interest rates tomorrow has become even more uncertain after key economic surveys sent out conflicting signals, reports The Times.

STANDARD LIFE yesterday confirmed it has started to see a number of its with-profits policyholders cash in their plans after receiving windfalls from the group's flotation, reports The Scotsman .

TENS OF THOUSANDS of company directors will be able to pass assets to beneficiaries without paying inheritance tax, according to The Daily Telegraph .

MISYS, THE embattled software provider which is in the middle of takeover talks, reported a 36% plunge in profits last year, reports The Daily Telegraph .