| Date | Title | Description |
| 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 ... |
| 17.12.2025 | European markets rise; sterling falls as UK inflation cools | LONDON — European stocks were broadly higher on Wednesday as investors gear up for central bank decisions.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.3% higher shortly after the opening bell, with sectors mixed and most major bourses in positive terr... |
| 06.11.2025 | Mark Kleinman: Turning Telegraph page is painful reading for RedBird | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column
Gerry Cardinale is not one to give up easily – or quietly. The RedBird Capital Partners principal is now in the third year – an... |
| 15.10.2025 | Hyperlayer lands £30m to help legacy lenders take on fintechs | London-based fintech Hyperlayer has secured £30m in fresh funding to support its mission to help established banks compete with digital first rivals.
The firm’s tech is designed to work alongside existing banking infrastructure, which it sa... |
| 07.10.2025 | Unlock pension funds to power up UK infrastructure | Unlocking capital from pension funds could power up our infrastructure while also providing better returns for customers, writes Mike Eakins
The UK is at a critical juncture in its pursuit towards long-term economic growth and its low carbo... |
| 02.10.2025 | US government shutdown to delay crucial economic data | The United States government shutdown has caused federal statistics agencies to stop producing economic reports, sparking fears Federal Reserve officials will be deprived of crucial data in the run-up to one of the most eagerly anticipated ... |
| 24.09.2025 | Standard Life set to enhance pension exposure in private markets | Pension provider Standard Life is set to launch a new fund with significant private market allocation, as it works to make investing in the private market more accessible for savers.
The Future Opportunities fund aims to improve outcomes an... |
| 15.09.2025 | Foreign takeovers risk turning UK into an ‘incubator economy’ | The UK is facing a time crunch to avoid becoming an “incubator economy” as foreign takeovers continue to sweep the London market.
A collection of top venture capital investors and founders have called for crucial reforms to the markets ecos... |
| 08.09.2025 | European stocks higher as focus turns on French confidence vote | LONDON — European stocks started the new trading week on a positive note, as market focus turns to France’s imminent confidence due to take place later in the session.
The U.K.’s FTSE index rose just 0.03%, outpaced by Germany’s DAX and Fra... |
| 08.09.2025 | Phoenix Group: FTSE 100 giant changes name to Standard Life | Pensions giant Phoenix Group is set to change its name to Standard Life as it adopts the name of the brand it acquired seven years ago.
It follows widespread speculation that the board had been considering a name change.
The firm stated tha... |
| 21.08.2025 | UK’s Phoenix Group Announces Private Debt Investment in Australia | Phoenix Group, one of the UK’s long term savings and retirement businesses, announces a £75 million private debt investment with Worley, a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources (ECR) experts.
This deal repo... |
| 31.07.2025 | Another blow to London as Just Group goes to Canadian manager | The London Stock Exchange lost yet another constituent to foreign ownership on Thursday, after pension insurer Just Group agreed a bumper takeover deal from Canadian asset manager Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BWS).
The FTSE 250 firm’s board... |
| 14.07.2025 | Mansion House: UK giants to agree to pick high-return pension schemes | UK giants Tesco and NatWest Group are set to answer the City of London Lord Mayor’s calls to focus on driving returns rather than getting bogged down by fee costs when picking pension schemes for employees.
Ahead of the Mansion House speech... |
| 09.07.2025 | Bailey: Don’t force pension funds into UK assets | Andrew Bailey has warned the government against forcing pension funds to invest in UK assets, saying that while reform to the sector was essential, he would prefer to see it done in a “natural” way.
Treasury ministers have refused to rule o... |
| 15.06.2025 | Reeves to lay out 10-year infrastructure plan worth £725bn | Chancellor Reeves is set to deliver a 10-year infrastructure strategy plan which will lay out efforts to boost growth and upgrade services across the UK.
The new blueprint for UK infrastructure will come around a week after Reeves delivered... |
| 05.06.2025 | Will the Bank of England’s quantitative tightening torpedo Reeves’ fiscal rules? | Rachel Reeves is in a pickle. At under £10bn, the Chancellor’s self-imposed fiscal headroom – the Treasury’s wiggle room within its fiscal rules – is already wafer-thin by historic standards. And it is under intense strain, given a recent s... |
| 05.06.2025 | Will the Bank of England torpedo Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules with quantitative tightening? | Rachel Reeves is in a pickle. At under £10bn, the Chancellor’s self-imposed fiscal headroom – the Treasury’s wiggle room within its fiscal rules – is already wafer-thin by historic standards. And it is under intense strain, given a recent s... |
| 29.05.2025 | Rachel Reeves to set ‘binding’ pensions allocations in megafunds launch | Rachel Reeves has confirmed plans to set “binding” allocations in pension funds as the government prepares for the launch of “megafunds” to encourage fresh investment into UK infrastructure and businesses.
The Treasury said it would “take a... |
| 12.05.2025 | Pension funds that don’t back UK assets should be named and shamed, Phoenix boss says | Pension funds that don’t invest in UK assets should be named and shamed, the architect of the Mansion House Compact has said, as he called for “bold” action to address problems in London’s capital markets.
Sir Nicholas Lyons, chairman of Ph... |
| 30.04.2025 | Fresh row over plan to mandate pension fund investments | A row has erupted over reports the government is plotting to set mandates on pension fund allocations, while the chief architect of the so-called Mansion House reforms – which aimed to encourage the deployment of pension fund assets into un... |
| 30.04.2025 | Phoenix Group’s real estate head exits after team merger | The departure came after the biggest UK life and pensions provider combined its infrastructure and property teams and appointed Manuel Dusina as head of real assets. |
| 26.03.2025 | Wipro bags $650 mn deal from Phoenix Group, its second large deal in less than a year | - |
| 04.02.2025 | UK’s pension wealth is being ‘squandered’, Phoenix boss warns | - |
| 28.01.2025 | Phoenix to restructure pensions business as Standard Life boss retires | - |
| 14.06.2024 | Scottish Financial Enterprise Chair Stepping Down | Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) chair John McGuigan has announced his intention to stand down, with his successor to be confirmed at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) next month.
McGuigan took on the role in November 2022, having j... |
| 13.06.2024 | FinTech Scotland Launches ESG Innovation Challenge | FinTech Scotland, working with eleven industry partners, launches a new innovation challenge, focused on delivering positive environmental and societal outcomes.
Working in collaboration with EY, Morgan Stanley, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Child benefit changes to kick in as government expands free nursery hours | Changes to child benefit are set to save higher earning parents an average of £1,260 a year as the high income charge threshold increases next week.
Parents earning over £50,000 are currently hit by the high income child benefit charge, whi... |
| 21.03.2024 | Why Quilter won’t be the next St. James’s Place | After St James’s Place announced last month that it was being forced to set aside £426m to pay back customers who had paid for annual reviews and then failed to receive them, all eyes have turned to Quilter as the next victim.
In Quilter’s ... |
| 07.12.2023 | Standard Life boss on why 14m pension savers could be sleepwalking into disaster | Charlie Conchie interviews the biggest movers and shakers in tech, fintech and financial services. This week he talks about the importance of pensions and language with Standard Life boss, Andy Curran. |
| 28.09.2023 | Getting A Grip On Midlife Management – The UK (and Women) Lead The Way | What people think of when they hear 'midlife'getty |
| 06.06.2022 | Movers and Shakers | May 2022 | Recruitment Archangels
Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate Archangels has announced the appointment of Ian Macleod as the new chair of its board.
The former investment analyst and fund manager takes over from Eric Young, who has held... |
| 15.02.2022 | Phoenix : Life announces its with-profits bonus rates from January 2022 | Phoenix Life announces its with-profits bonus rates for 2021/2022 . Here are the key points to note from the announcement.
Over 75% of our policies are receiving an annual bonus.
Annual bonuses provide an additional level of guarantee for o... |
| 28.01.2022 | Phoenix : This Annual Data Protection Day Phoenix Group comments on the importance of… | Roland Verhaaf, Data Protection Officer at Phoenix Group comment:
"The Annual Data Protection Day and our Data Privacy Week activities encourages everyone to learn more about data protection. We have an important role to play in protec... |
| 16.12.2021 | Phoenix : forges new partnership with Ferryhill Primary School in Edinburgh… | Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, is pleased to announce it is entering into a partnership with Ferryhill Primary School in Edinburgh which will support pupils' literacy and financial skills, alongsi... |
| 08.12.2021 | Phoenix : Anna Franekova to join Phoenix Group's Executive Committee in newly… | Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, today announces the appointment of Anna Franekova as Corporate Development Director, effective 1 March 2022. Anna will report directly to Andy Briggs, Group CEO, and... |
| 01.12.2021 | Phoenix : UK Government Business Champion for Older Workers and Employer Groups call for… | • A Menopause Ambassador should promote the economic contribution made by women
• 1 in 100 women experience menopause by the age of 40 (1)
• Almost 1 million women have left the workplace due to menopausal symptoms (2)
Leading employer orga... |
| 19.10.2021 | Climate change: Phoenix Group calls for urgent action in three key areas | At an event later today, Andy Briggs, Group CEO of Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long term savings and retirement business, will deliver a Keynote Speech in which he will highlight how the insurance sector has an instrumental role to play... |
| 18.10.2021 | Phoenix : hosts CPR training for colleagues at Telford and Wythall offices… | Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, is helping colleagues in Telford and Wythall to learn to how to save lives with the help of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC), to coincide with World Trauma Day ... |
| 08.10.2021 | Phoenix : funds NSPCC's Childline service for four days over World… | Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, is proud to be funding NSPCC's Childline service for four 'Unforgettable Days', spanning across World Mental Health Day (8, 9, 10, and 11th October).
NSPCC reports t... |
| 04.10.2021 | Phoenix : set near term carbon targets for £250bn of investments and call… | Reduce carbon emission intensity for £250bn investment portfolio by at least 50% by 2030
Expected to deliver reductions equivalent to the annual emissions of heating over 6 million homes or a quarter of all homes in UK1
Investment portfolio... |
| 28.09.2021 | Phoenix : makes senior hires to Bulk Purchase Annuities team | Phoenix Group ("Phoenix"), the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, today announces five new appointments to its Bulk Purchase Annuities team. Mark Fenlon has joined to lead the Annuity Client Services Team, Mat... |
| 16.09.2021 | PHOENIX : PROVIDES INVESTMENT TO BUILD 1000 NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES… | PHOENIX GROUP PROVIDES INVESTMENT TO BUILD 1000 NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES ACROSS WALES
Phoenix Group ('Phoenix'), the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, announces that it has provided £50 million in long-term financing... |
| 15.09.2021 | Phoenix : Men lose more than twice as much money to scammers than women, new research… | Men lose more than twice as much money to scammers than women, new research reveals
Men lost £2,780 each on average in the last year, while women lost £1,133
One in ten victims take no action when they have been scammed by fraudsters
Majori... |
| 13.09.2021 | Phoenix : hires Valeria Piani as Head of Stewardship | Phoenix Group ('Phoenix'), the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business today announces the appointment of Valeria Piani as Head of Stewardship, a newly formed position, as the company further enhances its responsible investme... |
| 02.09.2021 | Phoenix : acquires £300m equity release portfolio | PHOENIX GROUP ACQUIRES £300M EQUITY RELEASE PORTFOLIO
Consolidates Phoenix's position among the largest equity release funders
Equity release is an important option for people planning their finances later in life, including the increasing ... |
| 11.08.2021 | Phoenix : 2021 Half Year Results | Financial highlights
Delivering cash
Strong cash generation1 of £872m in H1 2021 (H1 2020: £433m) has more than doubled reflecting the scale of the enlarged Group; on track to deliver at top end of £1.5bn-to-£1.6bn target range for FY 2021.... |
| 14.07.2021 | Phoenix : completes £230M bulk annuity transaction with Agfa UK Group | Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, today announces that it has completed a £230 million bulk purchase annuity transaction with the Trustee of the Agfa UK Group Pension Plan.
This buy-in is the Plan's ... |
| 18.06.2021 | PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC
PHOENIX : BECOMES FIRST UK INSURER TO JOIN PARTNERSHIP FOR CARBON… | Phoenix Group ('Phoenix'), the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, today announces that it has become the first UK insurer and the largest insurer to date, to join the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF).... |
| 08.06.2021 | PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC
Phoenix : Appoints New Chief Credit Officer to Bolster Investment Capability | Phoenix Group ('Phoenix'), the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, announces the appointment of Michela Bariletti as new Chief Credit Officer within its Asset Management team. In this newly created role, Michela will lea... |
| 01.06.2021 | PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC
Phoenix : 1.7 million Gen X carers risk retirement poverty | Gen X carers struggle to balance work and caring responsibilities, impacting finances and savings
More than half (56%) are worried about their lifestyle in retirement
A third (32%) are too overwhelmed or distracted to plan for retirement
Ge... |
| 27.05.2021 | PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC
Phoenix : joins UN-Convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance, driving forward… | Phoenix Group ('Phoenix'), the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, today announces its membership of the UN-Convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance group. Founded in September 2019, the group consists of the largest globa... |
| 29.03.2021 | Phoenix : Annual Report and Accounts 2020 | In this report
Our performance
STRATEGIC REPORT
What we do 2
Why invest in us? 3
Our purpose and strategy 4
Delivering cash 6
Delivering resilience 8
Delivering growth 10
Chairman's statement 12
Group Chief Executive Officer's report 14
Mark... |
| 30.11.2020 | Phoenix : comments on interim report findings from the ILC on the retirement income prospects of Generation X | Our latest research, supported by Phoenix Group, finds that 1 in 3 Gen Xers will face a grave reality of retiring without adequate levels of pension provision, if policymakers fail to respond urgently to support this generation set to retir... |
