Standard Life

STANDARD LIFE yesterday confirmed it has started to see a number of its with-profits policyholders cash in their plans after receiving windfalls from the group's flotation, reports The Scotsman .

TENS OF THOUSANDS of company directors will be able to pass assets to beneficiaries without paying inheritance tax, according to The Daily Telegraph .

MISYS, THE embattled software provider which is in the middle of takeover talks, reported a 36% plunge in profits last year, reports The Daily Telegraph .

Standard Life has made charging information on its wrap platform easier along with other alterations designed to improve the management of client wrap portfolios.

HM Revenue and Customs have issued revised rules on stand-alone pension lump sums in an effort to ‘plug various loopholes'.

Consumer confidence in buy-to-let property has increased over the last few months at the expense of more traditional investment products.

AXA, THE FRENCH insurance giant, is understood to be in talks to buy Thinc Destini, the fast-growing financial advice group, for around £170m.

STANDARD LIFE'S successful first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange takes top billing today.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has given Standard Life Assurance Ltd a long-term ‘A' credit rating, and its parent plc a ‘BBB+' rating.

THE SCOTSMAN claims the new money being raised through Standard Life's flotation today is unlikely to give it any significant commercial edge.