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  • New State Pension to top £13,000 from April

    The 3.5% spike in the 12 month rate of CPI inflation - reported today by the ONS - means that the new State Pension will almost certainly rise by 3.9% from April under the earnings element of the Triple Lock.

  • Tributes after death of industry veteran Don Wild at 69

    Dozens of tributes have poured in after the unexpected death of industry veteran Don Wild at the age of 69.

  • SIPP firm Yorsipp poaches director from Standard Life

    Specialist SIPP and SSAS provider Yorsipp has recruited Mark Randell from Standard Life to be strategic partnerships and distribution director.

  • Standard Life posts £179m loss for half year

    Pensions giant Standard Life has posted a loss of £179m for the first six months of the year, 15% higher than the £156m loss posted in the first half of 2025.

  • Standard Life looks internally for workplace and intermediary MD

    Standard Life has appointed Emma Furlonger as managing director of its workplace and retail intermediary business.

  • Standard Life teams up with new partners on £2bn pension risk business

    Standard Life has partnered with CVC, Prudential Financial, Goldman Sachs and MS&AD to expand its pension risk transfer business.

  • Average annual annuity income up £100 since March

    The average annual annuity income has risen by £106 since March, according to personal finance data firm Moneyfacts.

  • Standard Life enhances planning retirement tool

    Standard Life has launched an enhanced version of its Mixed Income Builder, a digital planning tool designed to help savers understand how to create an income in retirement.

  • Annuity rates hit 18 year high of 7.75%

    Annuity rates have reached an 18-year high of 7.75%, according to the Standard Life Annuity Rate Tracker.

  • SPA rise forces over-60s to put retirement on hold

    More than a third (36%) of people in their 60s who have yet to retire say they will need to work longer as a direct result of the planned State Pension age rise.

  • Standard Life hands £1.1m to carers' charities

    Standard Life said it has handed carers charities £1.1m in the past two years as part of its Caring for Carers campaign.

  • Standard Life extends its Sharia pension proposition

    Standard Life has launched a new Sharia pension solution, the Standard Life Sharia Universal Strategic Lifestyle Profile, for members of its workplace pension schemes.

  • Pensions Commission urged to take 'meaningful action'

    Today’s interim Pensions Commission report has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with some urging the Commission to take 'meaningful action' that leads to 'structural change'. 

  • Half of savers see retirement finances as out of their control

    Almost half (47%) of UK adults believe that their retirement outcomes are largely influenced by factors outside of their control, according to new research.

  • Standard Life snaps up Aegon UK for £2bn

    Standard Life has acquired financial provider Aegon UK for £2bn in a deal that will create one of the country’s largest retirement savings and income businesses with 16m customers.

  • Standard Life launches private markets pension default

    Pensions and retirement savings provider Standard Life has launched a new pension default known as Future Opportunities which has a significant focus on private markets.

  • 54% of Gen X heading for ‘pension shock’

    More than half (54%) of people born between 1965 and 1980 are heading for 'inadequate' retirement income, according to a new report from think tank The Social Market Foundation.

  • Standard Life reports £10bn of inflows into Workplace

    Pensions and retirement savings provider Standard Life said it had £10bn of gross inflows to its Workplace business in 2025, up from £9.3bn in 2024, as new Workplace members climbed 14% to 247,000.

  • 1 in 7 parents plan to spend kids’ inheritance

    The looming impact of inheritance tax on unused pensions from April next year is spurring a third of parents to reconsider their inheritance plans.

  • 3 in 4 financial advisers expect IHT advice boom

    More than three in four financial advisers (77%) expect a surge in workload due to the imposition of IHT on unused pensions from April 2027, according to a new survey.

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