Standard Life

Standard Life has extended the range of less volatile forms of investment available through its individual, group and Wrap SIPPs in response to adviser feedback.

Standard Life's retail and group SIPP customers will now be able to access its mutual fund supermarket, FundZone.

Smoothing has helped cushion Standard Life's with-profits policies against falling markets, the group says today in its mid-year review of bonus rates.

Standard Life has teamed with Lloyd's broker NCG Professional Risks to offer its wrap advisers preferential terms for professional indemnity (PI) insurance.

BlackRock's UK Absolute Alpha fund has been added to Standard Life's insured product range and its life counterpart to FundsNetwork's investment bond fund range.

Standard Life recorded a 5% jump in UK life and pensions new business in the first half of the year, with strong IFA take-up and sales on its wrap platform a highlight for the Edinburgh-based insurer.

Standard Life has launched a retirement planning tool for advisers to model client retirement scenarios.

City Financial's fund range is now available through Standard Life's wrap and FundZone supermarket.

Standard Life has been hit with the huge task of writing to around 35,000 customers in its pension and investment plans to explain about errors in the pricing of some internal funds.

Standard Life has increased the investment options available within its Gift Plan to include mutual funds in trust wrappers.