Tag Archives: Standard Life
Is the disruption over? Can the annuity be challenged? We think so!
The great CDC Debate with Arun, Henry , Simon and Stefan https://t.co/XjmC8sv5Qb via @YouTube — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) September 4, 2023 Anyone looking for a unilaterally agreed solution to the problems we are having turning pots to pensions, shouldn’t spend … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Arun Muralidhar, CDC, Claire Altman, Pensions, Phoenix, SeLFIES, Simon Eagle, Standard Life, Stefan Lundbergh
Leave a comment
Can these insurers become useful to pension savers again?
Time was when people regarded a pension as an insurance against getting old, right now insurers compete with master trusts and SIPPs for the nation’s retirement saving and the staple features that made them indispensable seem increasingly irrelevant. … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged annuities, assured retirement, Aviva, Canada Life, Hodge, Just, L&G, LV, Pensions, Scottish Widows, Standard Life
4 Comments
Assessment of 2021 IGC reports – a boring read but an important one!
Despite the efforts of the FCA to make IGC reporting more relevant to ordinary savers, I found this crop of IGC reports were bland and unambitious in their reporting of VFM. No IGC suggested that value for money was not … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, Fidelity, GAA, IGC, l7g, Prudential, Royal London, Scottish Widows, Standard Life, Vanguard, Virgin
1 Comment
Standard Life’s IGC report – too long , too angry and wrong!
Standard Life has produced a bumper 162 age IGC report – a kind of shock and awe statement from David Hare – which is issues together with IGC reports for other Phoenix insurers – Phoenix and ReAssure. They get 100 … Continue reading
The real cost of buying a pension for your household
New analysis of government figures by Standard Life, , highlights that the average retired couple has a pension income worth £284 per week – made up of both occupational and private pension income – excluding state pension income. *Figures assume … Continue reading
The 2021 IGC reports – links, reviews and ratings
I’ve completed my review of the 2020 IGCs and GAAs – 15 reviews of the reports I know of. It you run an IGC or GAA that I’ve missed, please send me your report. I doubt many IGCs have met … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, IGC, L&G, Scottish Widows, SJP, Standard Life, Vanguard, Vantage
Leave a comment
Standard Life’s IGC’s filibuster
Who do IGC chairs write their chair statements for? It was a question I discussed yesterday with an IGC chair. Every IGC report states that it is written solely for members but any member who opens the link to the … Continue reading
When an insurance company gives a damn…
I’m used to the fake smiles from marketing executives on conference stands and the unctuous statements about customer care that leak from the pens of IGCs and trustees. I have grown skeptical (even cynical) about cultural statements about treating customers … Continue reading
Whatever happened to the Standard Life?
Life insurance companies are not in favour and haven’t been for some time. The consolidation of the sector around a few financial behemoths L&G, Aviva, Royal London , Prudential , Quilter , Aegon , Just and LV= leaves no trace … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged 1825, Aberdeen, IFA, Pensions, Standard Life, workplace Pensions
2 Comments
Putting our money where their mouth is? We’re not there yet!
Last night I had the chance to listen to the Lord Mayor’s lecture – organised by Gresham College which is a few yards from where I live. If this had happened last year, I would not have been invited or … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap
Tagged Aviva, Fidelity, Gresham College, Hargreaves Lansdown, Interactive Investor, L&G, Lord Mayor, Lord Mayor's Show, Mark Carney, Pension Bee, Standard Life
4 Comments