Standard Life

LISTED PROPERTY companies have "hijacked" the debate over government plans to introduce real estate investment trusts, according to William Hill, head of property at Schoders, reports this morning's Financial Times .

There's a whisper sweeping across the financial services industry at the moment which suggests past talk of financial advisers being squeezed out may actually be occurring.

STANDARD LIFE'S long-suffering policyholders were dealt another bitter blow yesterday after the firm cut its pay-outs on with-profits plans for the sixth consecutive year - this time by up to 18%, wrote The Scotsman .

Standard Life has revealed it will no longer offer its Executive Personal Pension Plan (Epp) after A-Day.

The Institute of Financial Planning and Standard Life are in the formative stages of an initiative to help IFAs incorporate wraps into their businesses, which could result in IFAs moving to fee-based structures and becoming financial planners.

Standard Life research into the views of some 1,100 investors has found issues of environment dominate as factors considered important in making "Ethical" investment decisions.

Recovering from dinner at No.11 Downing Street and a night out at the well-known Ronnie Scott's jazz club, Standard Life's John Lawson turns up for an early morning interview looking remarkably bright-eyed and bushy-tailed despite admitting to ‘feeling...

Standard Life International Ltd is understood to be on the cusp of launching its first product offering within the next week or two following the official launch of its Dublin-based offshore operation.

BRIAN STEWART intends to step down as chairman of Standard Life within 12 months of its forthcoming £5bn flotation to focus on his chairmanship of Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), reports The Times .

Standard life has launched an online business tracking facility for financial advisers as part of the ‘Client View' aggregation service on its adviserzone website.