Standard Life

The Financial Services Authority is to get tough on businesses and individuals who break the spirit of the law rather than just the law itself, reports The Daily Telegraph .

Standard Life has reduced its offer price range to between 210p and 270p to reflect "present market conditions".

Barclays has launched an online pension term assurance (PTA) product direct to consumers with a penalty-free conversion option.

The Court of Sessions in Scotland has given its approval for Standard Life to demutualise.

Standard Life has reacted angrily to press reports this morning claiming the provider is cutting its IFA support staff by a third as "disingenuous and inaccurate".

Standard Life has just announced its members have voted overwhelmingly to demutualise the life insurance firm and become the newest listed company on the London Stock Exchange.

SANDIE CROMBIE, the chief executive of Standard Life, gave a warning last night that "a float can be pulled the night before", as the FTSE 100 plunged 139 points, reports The Times .

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 .