Hopes that leading investors such as Standard Life might take serious action to stem executive pay are dented after the insurer reveals what it is paying its own top brass... more
One of the most closely watched succession battles for years came to an end today, when Standard Life finally unveiled its next chief executive ... more
Standard Life admitted today the pensions and life insurance market is “pretty horrible” but set itself up as the stand-out company in the sector by increasing its dividend... more
The annual Forbes list of the richest people in the world is published and it is treated as gospel. Yet closer examination reveals all manner of imperfections... more
Standard Life looks like emerging from the carnage in the insurance sector as perhaps the strongest outfit, with chief executive Sir Sandy Crombie doing his best to be "reassuringly dull"... more
Investment: Standard Life is paying £100 million in compensation to customers who were furious to discover that a fund marketed as a safe haven was invested in toxic subprime mortgage debt... more
The fuss about Nick Macpherson, permanent secretary to the Treasury, getting a gong when it's far too early to say if the banking bailout has been a success, is manufactured nonsense... more
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