Standard Life

The Government will reduce tax relief for pension savers after April, according to the Budget.

Standard Life has climbed to the top of the FTSE in early trading on Wednesday after announcing profitable 2007 results earlier today.

Standard Life has reported a 43% increase in before tax operating profit for 2007, up from £614m to £881m.

New IHT reporting regulations make lifetime gift compliance more consumer-friendly, says Standard Life.

Standard Life has reinsured £6.7bn of UK immediate annuity liabilities, more than half of its £12bn, to Canada Life International Re.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has announced its ethical funds will no longer invest in airline stocks.

Employers seeking to avoid paying money into employees' pensions can use occupational schemes to side step their obligations under personal accounts, warns Standard Life.

Standard Life's UK life and pensions sales plummeted 20% in Q4 last year as a result of "challenging" second-half market conditions.

Standard Life's head of UK business Trevor Matthews has quit to join Friends Provident as group CEO. He takes over the role made vacant by Philip Moore, who resigned in November following the collapse of the firm's proposed merger with Resolution.

Standard Life will add about £800m of bonuses to with-profits plans this year.