Andy Briggs addressing clients in Edinburgh (pic: DB Media Services) The pensions group speaks to TERRY MURDEN about acquiring Aegon UK and the need for changes to the retirement sector Amid the relics and curiosities of the National Museum of Scotland, the chief executive of Standard Life was hosting a reception for clients, telling them […]
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Standard Life’s phoenix-like revival
The biggest deal in Scotland this year has put an old name back on the front foot, writes TERRY MURDEN Twenty years after it was demutualised and eight after it was ignominously booted out of its own parent company, Standard Life is once again a dominant force in Scotland’s financial services sector. It may not […]
Aegon’s switch starts bidding scramble
One of Scotland’s biggest financial services businesses could be sold to one buyer or broken up, writes TERRY MURDEN Some of the country’s blue chip pensions and wealth management companies will spend the festive season ruminating over a bid for one of Scotland’s biggest financial services businesses after Dutch group Aegon last week announced it […]