http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-37566-friends-provident-plc/topic-rss.do Friends Provident plc RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23768341-resolution-still-hungry-for-takeovers.do Insurance takeover vehicle Resolution reckons it has digested Friends Provident and is ready for its next meal 2009-11-12T08:31:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23752217-cowdery-is-no-quaker-but-montague-has-done-his-best.do When I visited the office of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius recently, he proudly showed me a corridor, the walls of which were covered with portraits of the bank’s founders. Quakers. 2009-10-05T06:04:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23731096-so-whos-smiling-with-cowdery.do The Friends Provident/Resolution merger is a great deal. For a very small number of people. Resolution founder Clive Cowdery in particular has done well ... 2009-08-12T05:50:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23721459-big-problem-in-making-boards-behave.do Sir David Walker last week unveiled proposals to encourage shareholders to take more interest in their investments in the hope that their greater involvement would prevent a recurrence of the boardroom failures that contributed to the banking debacle 2009-07-20T07:07:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23721165-pac-man-back-as-friends-provident-snaps-at-suitor-resolution.do Pac-Man defence returns with a vengeance to the City as hunted insurer Friends Provident turns predator with a bid for Resolution 2009-07-17T14:45:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23718735-prospect-of-bidding-war-sparks-surge.do Friends Provident shares rallied 10% as hope sparked of a bidding war for the 177-year-old insurer 2009-07-13T08:08:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23718636-resolution-bid-for-friends-provident-rejected.do Clive Cowdery, the zombie fund insurance tycoon who now runs Resolution, had his bid for insurer giant Friends Provident rejected 2009-07-13T06:37:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23718878-shares-on-climb-as-talk-of-takeovers-whets-appetites.do Shares rallied from opening falls after several billion pounds' worth of takeovers were dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites 2009-07-13T13:02:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23696237-middlesex-enjoy-stroke-of-luck.do Middlesex sneaked into the quarterfinals of the Friends Provident Trophy after rain meant rivals Warwickshire fell one run short of beating Kent at Edgbaston 2009-05-21T09:13:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23695379-joe-denly-ton-gives-middlesex-hope-after-appeal-loss.do <b>Cricket:</b> Joe Denly rescued Kent in their Friends Provident Trophy clash against Warwickshire at Edgbaston this morning when hitting a century — and that was good news for Middlesex 2009-05-20T08:35:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23694553-ashes-venue-is-penalised-for-having-a-poor-pitch.do <b>Cricket:</b> Glamorgan have been docked two points for preparing a "poor" pitch at the venue that will host the first Ashes Test on 8 July 2009-05-19T08:41:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23691541-australia-star-phillip-hughes-flops-with-bat-again.do <b>Cricket:</b> Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland 2009-05-14T08:59:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23690730-mark-ramprakash-century-lifts-ailing-surrey.do <b>Cricket:</b> Mark Ramprakash has put Gloucestershire’s unbeaten run in the Friends Provident Trophy to the test with a century for Surrey in their Group C clash at the Brit Oval 2009-05-13T08:51:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23689471-england-are-desperate-to-make-up-for-winter-agony-insists-paul-collingwood.do <b>Cricket:</b> Paul Collingwood has revealed England are still motivated by revenge for their series defeat in the Caribbean, even though they won the First Test against the West Indies at Lord's by 10 wickets 2009-05-12T07:50:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23676222-our-guide-to-the-county-cricket-season.do <b>Cricket:</b> As the new domestic cricket season gets underway we take a look at each club's prospects for the year ahead 2009-04-15T10:56:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23675568-new-friends-chief-gets-46m-greeting.do Trevor Matthews, the financier poached from Standard Life to run Friends Provident last year, received a £4.6 million golden hello from his new employer 2009-04-14T08:11:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23663163-survival-of-friends-looks-assured.do 2009-03-17T09:30:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23663204-fc-stake-to-be-handed-to-investors.do 2009-03-17T09:26:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23663203-fc-stake-to-be-handed-to-investors.do 2009-03-17T09:25:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23603322-fc-swings-axe-again-and-60-face-exit.do <strong>Economy:</strong> Fund management giant F&C Asset Management has announced its second jobs cull in four months as it admitted it is facing "downward pressure on revenues and margins" 2008-12-17T09:16:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23597613-resolution-ready-to-stalk-strugglers-after-raising-600m.do <b>Insurance: </b>A vulture fund set up to prey on weak insurers and fund managers has revealed it has raised £600 million from investors keen to begin the hunt 2008-12-05T11:50:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23594423-friends-grabs-30-of-malaysia-life-firm-in-30m-deal.do <strong>Insurance:</strong> Troubled life and pensions firm Friends Provident today snapped up a 30% stake in a Malaysian life business for £30 million. 2008-11-28T14:07:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23582472-crunch-sends-work-stress-levels-soaring.do A drive to tackle soaring levels of stress in the workplace was launched amid research showing the credit crunch was putting extra pressure on staff 2008-11-05T10:39:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23577562-friends-boss-says-fall-in-insurers-shares-is-irrational.do The chief executive of Friends Provident says the collapse of life assurers' share prices amid fears over their solvency was irrational 2008-10-24T09:03:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23550934-market-report-oil-price-decline-puts-bg-in-takeover-frame.do The steady slide in the oil price may have been good news for motorists and business, but it has played havoc with the share price of BG Group, and City speculators claim this leaves the oil and gas explorer vulnerable to takeover. 2008-09-04T07:47:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23528462-new-friends-provident-chief-facing-tough-task.do Friends Provident chief exec Trevor Matthews has unveiled the daunting task he faces rebuilding the company's strategy 2008-08-07T10:59:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23527711-fc-is-hobbled-by-rush-to-sell.do Fund manager admitted uncertainty was hurting business as Friends Provident tries to unload its controlling stake 2008-08-06T11:25:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23481162-friends-boosted-by-boom-abroad.do Friends Provident says sales are rising across the board 2008-04-29T12:41:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23469307-friends-turns-back-on-new-flowers-bid.do Friends Provident feels strong enough to turn down a £3.5bn takeover bid from JC Flowers 2008-03-31T10:17:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23451697-a-good-idea-that-turned-out-bad.do It is rare for a company to be destroyed by a good idea but that is effectively what happened to Friends Provident. Last year it tried to take over cash-rich Resolution Life as a way to continue to finance its own expansion in wealth management and traditional pension and insurance products 2008-03-11T08:45:54Z