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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Phoenix takes stake in Hambro Perks in push to invest pensions in private companies

      The UK government is encouraging more retirement savings into higher-growth areas

      A person holds a smartphone with a Hambro Perks logo on it in front of a computer screen
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      UK insurance industry
      UK insurer Phoenix hails boost to retirement sector from high inflation

      Chief executive says UK economic environment is ‘accelerating our growth’

      The city of London skyline
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      OutlookPatti Waldmeir
      How my AI friend ‘Pearl’ helps me manage my diabetes

      Artificial intelligence is being harnessed to improve the medical care of seniors

      A woman looks in the mirror at her tubed insulin pump clipped to her waist
    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Investments
      Investors’ Chronicle: Phoenix Group, Ferrexpo, Direct Line

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

      A man rubbing neck in pain from whiplash injury after a traffic accident
    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      UK life insurer Phoenix boosted by corporate pension deals

      Rising rates have buoyed the market for groups to take on assets and liabilities of company schemes

      Cyclists cross Tower Bridge in front of skyscrapers in the City of London
    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      UK insurance industry
      Phoenix urges solvency reforms to unleash £50bn for UK economy

      FTSE 100 life insurer calls for regulatory and policy changes to drive recovery

    • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
      Phoenix chief expects Covid-19 to speed up insurance M&A

      Insurers could look to offload large books of legacy life products

    • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
      Financials
      StanChart and HSBC face losses on loans to rice trader

      Phoenix Commodities seeks debt restructuring after racking up $450m of currency hedge losses

      Sacks of rice in Udon Thani, Thailand in 2014
    • Friday, 6 December, 2019
      Phoenix Group to buy rival ReAssure from Swiss Re

      Proposed £3.2bn cash-and-shares deal comes months after Swiss insurer pulled UK unit’s IPO

    • Friday, 8 November, 2019
      Andy Briggs to replace Clive Bannister as Phoenix chief

      Specialist life insurer hires industry veteran who formerly led Friends Life and Aviva UK

      Andy Briggs from Aviva
    • Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
      Personal Finance
      Standard Life fined £30m for mis-selling annuities

      FCA criticises insurer for some telephone sales practices between 2008 and 2016

      FILE PHOTO: A worker walks inside the Standard Life House in Edinburgh, Scotland February 27, 2014. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo
    • Tuesday, 5 March, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Debenhams needs debt deal while there are customers left to save

      Negative sentiments are creating a vicious circle that chain must rush to break

      A sign stands above the entrance to a Debenhams Plc department store on Oxford Street in central London, U.K., on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Struggling U.K. department-store chain Debenhams, which issued three profit warnings last year, is planning for a company voluntary arrangement that could take place in the next few weeks, the Financial Times reported, citing three people familiar with the plans. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 5 March, 2019
      Insurer Phoenix raises key targets from Standard Life Aberdeen deal

      Group says it will deliver higher capital benefits and slash costs more than expected

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jane Mingay/REX/Shutterstock (4914163b) Clive Bannister Clive Bannister, Chief Executive of Phoenix Group, London, Britain - 04 Apr 2014
    • Thursday, 23 August, 2018
      Insurance
      Phoenix expects to beat cash generation target

      Insurer generates £349m in first half as it prepares to close deal for Standard Life

      Clive Bannister, chief executive: 'The Standard Life Assurance acquisition is a stepping stone on our consolidation journey, but it isn’t the final destination.'
    • Friday, 8 June, 2018
      Insurance
      MPs demand tough penalties for financial IT blunders

      Tech failures at TSB, Visa, Aviva and Phoenix Wealth anger customers

    • Sunday, 4 March, 2018
      News in-depthInsurance
      Phoenix poised to rise after watershed acquisition

      Standard Life Aberdeen insurance unit will open up opportunities across Europe

      Clive Bannister, chief executive of Phoenix, has been behind much of the restructuring process
    • Monday, 26 February, 2018
      Insurance
      SLA reins in pay for chiefs Martin Gilbert and Keith Skeoch

      Remuneration clampdown at asset manager comes amid intense scrutiny over big bonuses

    • Saturday, 24 February, 2018
      News in-depthInsurance
      Standard Life Aberdeen seals shift into asset management

      SLA’s sale of insurance business to Phoenix brings an end to 200 years of history

      The Standard Life building on Lothian Road in Edinburgh as the firm has served notice that it could move some of its operations out of Scotland if the country votes for independence.
    • Friday, 23 February, 2018
      LexInsurance
      Phoenix/SLA: weighing the scale Premium content

      Plenty more consolidation deals to do in the UK

      standard life aberdeen logo
    • Friday, 23 February, 2018
      Insurance
      Standard Life Aberdeen sells insurance unit for £3.2bn

      Cash-and-stock sale to Phoenix Group turns SLA into pure play asset manager

      standard life aberdeen logo
    • Friday, 23 February, 2018
      Insurance
      Standard Life Aberdeen to quit insurance business in £3.2bn deal

      The sale to Phoenix Group marks the merged company’s move away from its roots

      standard life aberdeen logo
    • Thursday, 22 February, 2018
      Insurance
      Standard Life Aberdeen to quit insurance in £3bn deal

      Asset manager poised for sale of unit to Phoenix

      FILE PHOTO: A worker walks inside the Standard Life House in Edinburgh, Scotland February 27, 2014. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo
    • Thursday, 22 February, 2018
      Insurance
      Phoenix Group set to buy Standard Life Aberdeen insurance business in £3bn deal
    • Monday, 20 November, 2017
      Annuities
      Pension freedoms leave people with ‘little choice’

      Researchers warn rule changes have undermined annuity market with sales falling 75%

      Sixty-one year old driver takes his vintage British sports car for a spin.
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2016
      LexEuropean companies
      Phoenix/Abbey Life: bucket shop

      A smart deal for the closed life group, but more deals and more financing will be needed in future

      Abbey Life
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