Tag Archives: Standard Life
Dashboard – don’t keep me waiting!
Richard Smith’s never far from this blog’s beating pulse. This morning a link to this remarkable post on linked in , arrived in my WhatsApp queue. I haven’t kept it waiting, Thanks Richard and thanks to everyone who seems to … Continue reading
What does Standard Life’s “affordable pensions advice” say about freedom?
The deal looks straightforward. You are 3 months from your 55th birthday (or older) and you have a Standard Life pension pot worth £50,000 (or more). You are prepared to pay £1000 (VAT included?) and you get one of 1o … Continue reading
Insurers mobbed by small DB plans; – but £bn + business is drying up
Thanks to Martin Richmond of Professional Pensions and Charlie Finch of LCP for giving us a heads up on the shift towards insurance in 2025. Bulk Purchase Annuities are being exchanged for the assets of small DB pension plans but … Continue reading
Standard Life’s white paper on pensions.
Standard Life have published a policy paper which deserves attention, I will give it more attention over the weekend but , having read it once, it strikes me that it is almost impossible for an organisation as large as Standard … Continue reading
Standard Life and Dalriada offer a port in the storm.
Well done Dalriada and Standard Life for setting up a “safe haven” for those who’ve been scammed out of their pension savings. What’s left – after the scammers, lawyers and advisers have had their cut deserves a safe haven and … Continue reading
Are IFAs overserved?
I read that Standard Life has pulled back from providing a fresh platform for IFAs after a review concluded the traditional provider platform space is ‘very well served’. Independent financial advisers are served through software that offers them a load of … Continue reading
Happy days for Standard Life
I spent an afternoon with Standard Life yesterday learning about its mastertrust and developments in its employer and employee facing proposition. The pleasure of the day was marked by meeting two old friends, David John – a Virginian who looks … Continue reading
How Standard Life’s Master Trust could be a world beater.
Over this Easter weekend, Helen Dean, former CEO of Nest and one of the architects of auto-enrolment, will take over as Chair of Standard Life’s Master Trust. Big challenge 1.0 She can look back at this statement, made when she … Continue reading
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A good IGC report from Standard Life – but spare us the “calls to action”!
As you might expect, Standard Life’s IGC report paints a very rosy picture of the value Standard Life savers are getting for their money (the pointer heads right not left). What you mightn’t expect are the calls to action to … Continue reading