Standard Life

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.

Standard Life has launched a discretionary investment management business, Standard Life Wealth.

Deciding which wrap proposition to choose will be one of the most important decisions an IFA makes this year, according to Nucleus boss David Ferguson.

Standard Life is warning some trust policyholders to keep an eye on upcoming deadlines following Inheritance Tax (IHT) changes announced in the 2006 Budget.

Nearly two thirds of advisers are willing to move entirely from paper to electronic commission communications in the future.

Investor confidence has plummeted significantly as a result of the recent credit crunch and ongoing market volatility, Standard Life research shows.

Scottish Widows has pulled its protection quotations from industry portals, prompting concerns it too has effectively exited the protection market following Standard Life's departure earlier today.