Standard Life

The Bank of England signalled yesterday it may need to raise interest rates one more time in the near future to ensure inflation remains under control, according to the Guardian .

The asset allocation of with-profits funds should be the focus of reviews by advisers as changes may mean the current mix is not what either they or the client may anticipate.

Financial hari-kiri or just plain daft? Whatever you want to call it, single charge commission-paying group personal pensions and stakeholder are defying financial gravity, thanks to the generosity of some providers - or more precisely, their shareholders'...

The Pensions Regulator should not try to take on the role of an economic regulator by looking at the issue of charges in the regulation of defined contribution schemes, warns Standard Life.

Not sure if it's just me that has a good laugh about this, but I've managed to spend an amusing late morning musing on the latest results announcements from Aviva and Standard Life.

HM Revenue & Customs have finally published updated guidance on the position of tax relief relating to employer contributions into pensions, confirming the 'wholly & exclusively' rule will only be applied in limited circumstances.

Standard Life saw its life and pensions sales rise by over half in 2006 on the back of key changes at A-Day and a redirection of pensions investments towards sipps.

There are rumours in the protection industry the Treasury may reach a middle ground on pension term assurance and allow a watered-down version of the product to continue.

Standard Life cites the need for ‘investment flexibility' as the reason for not increasing the annual bonus rates on with-profits policies, despite a record year for equity-based returns.

Claims suggesting an investment platform could be used to resolve the issue of protecting tax-free cash when consolidating pensions are unfounded, says Standard Life.