Standard Life

IFAonline wants your views on the proposed flotation of Standard Life.

Standard Life made a pre-tax loss of £340m in 2004 and saw new business revenue fall £132m in new business, according to details of the life insurer's flotation proposals.

Reactions coming in on the Finance Bill's suggestion earlier today that IHT on trusts will not apply retrospectively have been mixed so far.

Standard Life has launched a Savings and Investment Index to measure consumer sentiment for types of investment and savings vehicles on a quarterly basis.

The third and final report from the Pensions Commission has received a muted response from both the government and the insurance industry.

MARK WOOD, the former UK chief executive of Prudential, has convinced former FSA chairman Sir Howard Davies to join the board of his new insurance company, The Times says this morning.

HUNDREDS OF thousands of staff will not be able to benefit from pension reforms coming into force this week as two major surveys are thought to have found many big companies are unprepared for the changes, according to the Daily Telegraph .

Standard Life members will vote on the company's demutualisation plans at a Special General Meeting on 31 May in Edinburgh, according to the latest update to the demutualisation plans published this morning.

The Chancellor's reversal on the proposed Inheritance Tax (IHT) rules for those aged under 75 has been welcomed from most of the industry.

The introduction of a National Pensions Savings Scheme (NPSS) or alternative model is not as safe as the Pensions Commission would have us believe claims Scottish Life.