Standard Life

Why 2015 isn’t letting this strategist sleep easy

Standard Life Wrap has partnered with eight discretionary firms in a bid to enhance the service it offers advisers facing up to pension freedom challenges.

South-African firm Fundhouse has launched a fund ratings service for UK financial advisers, offering what it says are wholly unbiased and impartial comments on well-known funds.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has directed Standard Life to reconsider granting a transfer request to a suspected liberation vehicle after a scheme member complained about the provider.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Standard Life have worked out a deal with the taxman over the tax status of recoveries related to ARM Asset Backed Securities.

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Standard Life's Barry O'Dwyer has been named chairman of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) long-term savings and life insurance committee.

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Demand for drawdown is likely to increase by a factor of five when retirement freedoms kick-in, causing a market ‘capacity crunch', Standard Life has warned.

Ignis Absolute Return Government Bond fund manager Ross Oxley and two members of his team are to exit the business following its £390m takeover by Standard Life, Investment Week understands.