Standard Life is a brand that has been trusted to look after people’s pensions, life savings and retirement needs for nearly 200 years.
Today, we proudly serve millions of customers, who come to us directly, through advisers, and through their employers’ pension scheme, and we’re recognised for the consistent high-level of customer service we provide. We’re part of Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, and together we share an aligned ambition to help every customer enjoy a life full of possibilities. We offer a range of Individual and Workplace Pensions, Bonds and Retirement options to meet people’s needs throughout their life. We provide guidance to help customers make informed choices, and we work with financial advisers in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria. In the UK, we also work closely with employee benefit consultants and pension scheme trustees.
Money invested is at risk.
Today, we proudly serve millions of customers, who come to us directly, through advisers, and through their employers’ pension scheme, and we’re recognised for the consistent high-level of customer service we provide. We’re part of Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, and together we share an aligned ambition to help every customer enjoy a life full of possibilities. We offer a range of Individual and Workplace Pensions, Bonds and Retirement options to meet people’s needs throughout their life. We provide guidance to help customers make informed choices, and we work with financial advisers in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria. In the UK, we also work closely with employee benefit consultants and pension scheme trustees.
Money invested is at risk.
Location: United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh
Employees: 5001-10000
Phone: +44 131 245 2552
Founded date: 1825
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.05.2026 | 15m workers not ‘sufficiently’ saving for retirement, says top pensions chief | Tens of millions of working people will face a crisis in retirement with the current automatic salary contribution “no longer sufficient,” the boss of one of the UK’s largest pension providers has warned. Around 15 million people are set to... |
| 27.05.2026 | Andy Briggs: UK is hurtling towards a pensions disaster | Without radical change, Britain will find itself amidst a pensions disaster, with millions worse off, writes Standard Life chief executive Andy Briggs When the Pension Commission issues its final report in 2027, it must lead to radical chan... |
| 19.05.2026 | Millions of Brits face retirement ‘cliff-edge’ after not saving enough | Millions of Brits are not saving enough to retire, leaving them facing a significant ‘cliff-edge’ upon leaving the workforce, a government-backed report has warned. The Pensions Commission, which was revitalised by the government to address... |
| 13.05.2026 | Pension fund snaps up cut-price government bonds amid Starmer sell-off | One of the UK’s largest pension funds has jumped on the turmoil that speculation over Keir Starmer’s future has unleashed on the gilt market, scooping up government bonds at multi-decade low valuations. Standard Life has added to its holdin... |
| 07.05.2026 | Revealed: The 2026 City AM Awards Winners | Around 500 guests enjoyed a night of celebration at London’s Guildhall on Wednesday 6 May where the winners of the 2026 City AM Awards were crowned. From 60 finalists across 12 categories, the judges chose their champions. Greg Jackson CBE ... |
| 15.04.2026 | Standard Life Acquires Aegon UK in £2Bn Deal | Standard Life has inked a £2 billion deal to acquire Aegon’s UK business, with the combined group set to become the country’s largest retirement savings and income business with 16 million customers and £480 million in assets under administ... |
| 16.03.2026 | ‘More needs to be done’ to help pension savers after salary sacrifice, says Standard life boss | The boss of one of the UK’s largest pension providers has warned “more needs to be done” to help those saving for retirement after the government introduced a cap on salary sacrifice in the latest Budget. Andy Briggs, the chief executive of... |
| 10.03.2026 | ‘It’s a feeding frenzy’: US consultancy scoops up dozens of senior Global Counsel staff | A little-known American advisory firm is poised to hire up to a quarter of Global Counsel’s senior leadership team, amid a “feeding frenzy” that has broken out for top staff left jobless by the ignominious collapse of the Peter Mandelson-fo... |
| 03.03.2026 | Aberdeen shares slide as outflows widen | Aberdeen shares slid as its Interactive Investor performance failed to offset persistent outflows elsewhere. The firm’s share price fell 7.3 per cent to 204p in early morning trading, as persistent outflows from its Adviser business dampene... |
| 19.02.2026 | The Capitalist: Standard Life scrambles to avoid ‘STD’ ticker | What’s in a name? A whole lot of issues for Standard Life’s new Stock Exchange ticker; delve into that and more in this week’s edition of The Capitalist FTSE 100 darling Phoenix Group announced last year that it would be taking on Standard ... |
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