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  • Phoenix Group to merge AM and retirement divisions under CIO Mike Eakins

    29 January 2025

    Leadership restructure prompted by retirement of Standard Life CEO Andy Curran

  • Utmost Life and Pensions confirms entry into UK BPA market

    09 January 2025

    Following appointment of ex-Rothesay CFO as new CEO

  • Standard Life completes £1.5bn buy-in with Compass Group pension plan

    09 January 2025

    Secures the benefits of 14,000 pensioners and 11,000 deferred members

  • BPA market steamrolls through 2024, but where's the drama?

    06 January 2025

    UK PRT market volume is expected to settle around the £45bn mark, L&G's latest Endgame report suggests, but are pension schemes finding it increasingly difficult to catch insurer's eyes?

  • DB pension schemes finding it more difficult to attract insurer attention, Standard Life survey finds

    18 December 2024

    Market volatility named as key barrier to schemes' endgame strategies

  • Standard Life concludes two BPAs with Halma

    07 November 2024

    Transactions together worth £250m and secure benefits of 2,200 members

  • PRA focused on rising volumes of BPA deals

    30 September 2024

    Regulator is paying close attention to insurer capability and risk management, Standard Life's Kunal Sood told Insurance Asset Risk

  • Aviva Investors' head of ESG moves to St. James's Place

    12 August 2024

    Andy Ford becomes head of responsible investment at the firm

  • Standard Life closes £880m full scheme buy-in with Rolls-Royce & Bentley Pension Fund

    02 July 2024

    Deal included novation of the scheme's existing longevity swap

  • Comment: EIOPA fires its own starting gun on actually implementing Solvency II reform

    18 April 2024

    Small yet pivotal parts of SFCRs for non-UK firms have been amended, with significantly better transparency one result