Standard Life

Calculations of pension transfer values for defined benefit schemes should be made simpler and fairer to the transferring employee claims Standard Life.

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STANDARD Life's top executives could receive a total of almost 2.8m shares, after the company's cash-based incentive scheme was converted to share-based awards, reports the Scotsman.

Some life offices are attempting to provide clients with a way of 'having their cake and eating it' when it comes to taking tax-free cash.

Financial advisers are expecting more clients to surrender their Standard Life with-profits policies as its latest bonus rate announcement reveals the fund returned just 2.2% in the last six months.

MORE THAN 50,000 policyholders, who failed to register before the original deadline for free Standard Life discounted shares, have now claimed their windfalls, reports The Scotsman .

HM Revenue and Customs seems to be allowing pension scheme administrators to use their own judgement when applying certain tax charges.

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 .