Standard Life

Insurance giants Prudential and Standard Life are considering partial sales of their asset management arms.

Macquarie Wrap has expanded its adviser support team with three new appointments as it looks to strengthen its sales division and focus on adviser relationships.

An elderly man taken ill in New Zealand is struggling to pay for medical treatment because his money is caught up in the Towry transfer debacle.

Employers view NEST as "largely irrelevant" as most will rely on existing employee pension arrangements after 2012, according to a new study.

Former Standard Life savings chief executive Geoff Towers will join Legal & General (L&G) as head of IFA sales for savings.

Suffolk Life's John Moret has warned that pension providers with legacy issues could struggle to keep up with the pace of legislative change over the coming year. Do you feel that this is the case and if so what impact do you think this will have?

Standard Life says only a third of its Towry transfers have been completed and has lambasted the wealth adviser over a catalogue of errors in its transferral process.

Standard Life has developed its active money SIPP with a new investment team to assist high net worth clients and an enhanced property service.

A new system of collecting data proposed by HMRC could mean pensioners never have to pay emergency tax rates again, according to Standard Life head of pensions policy John Lawson.

Standard Life CEO David Nish’s comments that the life insurer is keen to start exploring other distribution routes besides advisers, including direct to consumer and via employers, are still sending shock waves through the industry.