News

Cutting Edge will keep you up to date with recent changes, and outline our views on topical issues.

Here you can read our news and press releases.

October 2008

Standard Life provide platform SIPP of choice (PDF)		31 October 2008

Gissings select Standard Life DC pension platform for clients (PDF)		31 October 2008

Standard Life welcomes ABI led annuity improvement service		23 October 2008

July 2008

Standard Life SIPP ready for protected rights		31 July 2008

Standard Life revolutionises retirement planning		29 July 2008

June 2008

Pensioners warned to inflation proof their income		23 June 2008

March 2008

Budget update - Inheritance tax avoidance loophole closed		18 March 2008

Budget update - Good news for people with small pension pots		18 March 2008

Budget update - Winners and losers following the tax change		18 March 2008

Don't bank on downsizing your home for your retirement dreams, says Standard Life		3 March 2008

October 2007

Variable annuity products		16 October 2007

Open market option for annuities		16 October 2007

Tax free cash for defined benefit pension members		16 October 2007

SSAS tax rules		16 October 2007

Pre-Budget Report: estate planning in the spotlight		10 October 2007

July

Standard Life welcomes HMRC consultation on new IHT reporting regulations		13 July 2007

June

Standard Life’s Gift Plan celebrates second birthday		4 June 2007

May

Standard Life welcomes HMRC initiative on discount standards for Discounted Gift Trusts		2 May 2007

April

Comments on the Phizackerley case (PDF)		17 April 2007

DWP deregulatory review		4 April 2007

March

One year left to change your old trust! (PDF)		27 March 2007

Welcome clarification on bare trusts from HMRC (PDF)		23 March 2007

February

Revenue clarifies tax treatment of employer pension contributions		22 February 2007

Expansion of Trust Range (PDF)		21 February 2007

IHT Reporting Limits (PDF)		14 February 2007

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