Standard Life

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Demand for Standard Life Investments' popular risk-based MyFolio fund range has helped the business grow assets under management to almost £80bn, the company said today.

Fiona Murphy asks advisers what issues they encounter when advising clients about estate planning

Standard Life has added flexible drawdown as a feature on its SIPP propositions and rolled out a new range of drawdown funds.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has written to providers and platforms expressing its concerns about facilitating adviser charging payments.

Annuity rates failed to recover from their continued poor performance last month, according to Alexander Forbes Annuity Bureau.

BT will use a combination of its existing Standard Life defined contribution (DC) scheme and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) for auto-enrolment.

Most clients go to an adviser primarily for practical reasons but many value the emotional reassurance the process brings them, research from Standard Life has found.

All new business on Standard Life's wrap and FundZone platforms will be done on an advising charging basis from today.

Standard Life says its five-year distribution deal with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will not target bank customers with IFAs.