Standard Life

Tomorrow is a major turning point in Standard Life‘s history.

Standard Life's wrap platform offers users access to 750 investment funds from 46 fund managers in its launch phase but will expand the service to include further names will be added as the platform develops.

AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL advice helpline dealing with two million low earners every year could be set up at a cost of £25m-£35m, according to research published today in The Financial Times .

The government's latest pensions blueprint had more than an air of déjà vu about it.

SANDY CROMBIE, the chief executive of Standard Life, poured cold water yesterday on the suggestions London's biggest flotation in five years could be under threat as a result of the global stock market turmoil, reports The Scotsman .

Proposals to abolishing contracting-out for defined contribution (DC) pension schemes outlined in yesterday's white paper has caused concern among some sectors of the industry.

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BRITAIN'S BIGGEST building society, Nationwide, is considering offering mortgages to people with credit problems as part of a planned push aimed at regaining its position of strength in the home loans market, reports the Guardian.

An apparent loophole which may allow individuals to pass on money from their pensions without attracting an Inheritance Tax (IHT) charge is being investigated by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

The majority of the UK population does not understand the reasons for an organisation choosing to convert from a mutual to a public company, research published by the Association of Mutual Insurers (AMI) claims.