Standard Life

Standard Life's International Bond has attracted over £1bn of assets as it seeks to gain more of a market share in the offshore bond space.

People with no retirement savings could be forced to work until they are 86 if they want to achieve two-thirds of their final salary, Standard Life says.

Standard Life Wealth has snapped up Credit Suisse's ex director of UK sales, Jeremy Hippolite.

Standard Life has added a panel of structured deposit accounts to its International Bond.

Standard Life's SIPP platform has brought its total number of properties under management to 1,000 in less than five years with its latest commercial property addition.

National IFA 2plan Wealth Management is set to open a Midlands office manned with nine new recruits as the firm continues its UK expansion plans.

Standard Life's underlying profits before tax fell 86% over the past year, though its dividend has been increased.

US shares gained as investors took heart from better-than-expected US GDP numbers, showing the pace of economic decline is slowing.

London's FTSE 100 index stalled this morning after reaching its highest point for almost seven months on Thursday.

Standard Life will abolish paper commission statements for advisers as it rolls out a replacement service online.