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.
Aviva and Prudential are the most likely to gain from consolidation in the UK life assurance industry, according to Deutsche Bank.
National IFA 2Plan Wealth Management says shareholders may have to wait two years until the firm is profitable, despite reporting a 1000% increase in turnover in 2008.
Standard Life is ditching its £240 SIPP and offshore wrapper charge after analysing its pricing structure.
Standard Life has launched a new onshore tailored investment bond (TIB) aimed at helping advisers cope with regulatory changes including the RDR.
Standard Life's chief executive, Sir Sandy Crombie, is to join RBS as an independent director.
Around 7000 holders of Standard Life unit-linked pension plans have received incorrect statements for the past seven years with one customer losing £30,000.
Standard Life chief executive Sir Sandy Crombie says 'prompt action' on the revaluation of its Sterling Pension fund helped new business inflows recover quickly.