Standard Life, a market leading platform provider, has teamed up with Legacy Asset Systems to support advisers migrating assets to the Standard Life Wrap. With the agreement, preferential terms will be offered to Standard Life Wrap firms signing up to the services offered by Legacy Asset Systems. Legacy Asset Systems ...
Prudential has revealed that fifteen per cent of Britons over the age of 40 and living with their partner choose to keep some or all of their savings hidden from their other halves.
The survey, which examines couples' attitudes to financial planning, was conducted among savers over the age of 40 ...
Prudential has revealed that nearly half (46 per cent) of women over the age of 40 who live with a partner have no pension of their own, according to new research into couples' attitudes to retirement.
The extent of women's reliance on a partner's pension and the State is not the only ...
Standard Life has revealed that a third (32 per cent) of retired Britons declared that losing a partner, loved one or close friend is their greatest fear in retirement.
The savings and investment specialist Standard Life is using the research to encourage the public to consider their estate planning requirements, including the ...
Standard Life, the savings and investment specialist, has published new insight that suggests that the UK could be heading towards a perfect retirement storm; one in five (21%) of 45-65 year-olds who have financial plans in place to provide for their long term future no longer feel that their financial ...
Standard Life, the savings and investment specialist, has warned that the effects of inflation can seriously damage one's retirement wealth. New data released today shows that a 90-year-old who retired in 1981, when petrol cost 35p a litre, would have seen the purchasing power of a £10,000-a-year level pension income ...
Standard Life plc is pleased to announce it has earned a place in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the first time, joining the ranks of the top 10% of sustainable companies in world.
This placement in the Index reflects a strong and steady increase in Standard Life's sustainability ...
Prudential has revealed that nearly three million working age adults will prioritise going on holiday over continuing to save for their retirement as their finances are squeezed.
The survey asked non-retired adults in the UK to outline their spending priorities when faced with a reduction in monthly expenditure as incomes are ...
Prudential has revealed new research which shows more than a third (35 per cent) of British adults who are yet to retire have stopped paying into their pension pots.
The results of the nationwide study show that one in three (33 per cent) of those who have put pension payments on ...
Financial commitments are as significant as key emotional relationships for people in the UK, according to research from Standard Life. It found that many would liken the majority of their regular financial commitments to the kind of relationship they have with their partner or spouse. Over three quarters (81%) of ...
Prudential has revealed that more than one in three (35 per cent) workers in the UK admit that they don't have a pension, meaning that they will have to rely on the State Pension and any savings in retirement.
The survey of 1,600 working adults also found that those who do ...
Standard Life has published 'Your Commitments, Your Future', a study developed with psychologist Professor Janet Reibstein into the nature of commitment. It reveals that financial and emotional commitments peak between 35-44 years of age when people spend on average £1,160 a month on financial commitments and think about them for ...
Prudential has revealed that pensioners retiring this year on a fixed income could lose 60 per cent of their spending power over the course of a 20 year retirement.
Analysis from Prudential shows that the average person retiring in 2011 expects an annual income of £16,600, but if that income remains ...
Standard Life has revealed the top retirement hotspots outside the UK with the Spain at the top of the list, followed by Australia, USA, France and Ireland.
John Lawson, Head of Pensions Policy, Standard Life commented: "Retiring abroad is a dream for many people, but does require careful planning and advice. Many ...
Standard Life has revealed that more than half of parents potentially underestimate the maximum amount of debt their child could leave university with.
When asked to take into account the increase in tuition fees to a maximum of £9,000 per year from 2012, and any other debts accumulated from living expenses, ...
Prudential has reported that pensioners in the UK with additional savings held in cash ISAs, savings accounts and current accounts could see their spending power fall by an average of £278 each in the next 12 months, according to new analysis. The calculations show that the combined effects of increased ...
Standard Life has found that the majority of UK consumers can spot a good deal when it comes to a holiday, but are likely to miss out on a good deal when it comes to their finances.
In a UK wide consumer poll and prize draw in which 8,500 people took ...
Prudential has conducted new research that shows more than two in five pensioners (43 per cent) say they are living a 'cautious' retirement as they worry about having sufficient long-term income to get by.
However, despite concerns about making their retirement pots last, the majority of pensioners still take a tax-free ...
The Standard Life Charitable Trust is providing funding to housing and homelessness charity Shelter for three telephone advisers at the charity’s housing advice lines in England and Scotland.
Shelter’s housing advice line provides support to those who are in debt and behind with rent and mortgage payments, as well as offering ...
Standard Life is warning anyone thinking about retirement to consider the effects of inflation eroding their income. New data released today by the savings and investments specialist shows that many people could see their retirement income swallowed up by the basic costs of living within seven years, as the effect ...
