Standard Life

Keith Skeoch, chief executive of Standard Life Investments, has replaced ABI Investment Committee chairman Chris Phillips, who died earlier this year

New national IFA 2plan has set itself the ambitious target of recruiting 1,000 IFA members over the next five years.

Standard Life has added a further 52 funds to its already extensive mutual funds platform.

‘If it ain't broke, don't fix it' - this well known saying sums up all there is to say about the direction of the latest paper aimed at making the open market option work better.

Standard Life has added eight new external funds to its life and pensions range, including propositions from Macquarie, Investec and JP Morgan.

Government amendments to the Pensions Bill requiring protected rights to purchase a 50% spouses pension is a 'second-guesisng' exercise which is sending out a confused message to the market, claims Aegon Scottish Equitable.

An amendment made to the Pensions Bill by Baroness Hollis, ahead of its first debate in the House of Lords, could help ease the impact of means-testing on personal accounts, says Standard Life.

New amendments to the Pensions Bill 2007 mean protected rights will still be treated separately from existing savings through the requirement to purchase a 50% spouses pension, claims Standard Life.

Advisory firm Montfort International has attacked some Australian financial advisers and pension funds for using "scare tactics" to encourage pension transfers from the UK ahead of the changes to the Australian system on 1 July.

HM Revenue & Customs has confirmed it will make changes to current legislation to allow Australian schemes to continue to be included as Qualified Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) where appropriate.