The 3.5% spike in the 12 month rate of CPI inflation - reported today by the ONS - means that the new State Pension will almost certainly rise by 3.9% from April under the earnings element of the Triple Lock.

Dozens of tributes have poured in after the unexpected death of industry veteran Don Wild at the age of 69.

Specialist SIPP and SSAS provider Yorsipp has recruited Mark Randell from Standard Life to be strategic partnerships and distribution director.

Pensions giant Standard Life has posted a loss of £179m for the first six months of the year, 15% higher than the £156m loss posted in the first half of 2025.

Standard Life has appointed Emma Furlonger as managing director of its workplace and retail intermediary business.

Standard Life has partnered with CVC, Prudential Financial, Goldman Sachs and MS&AD to expand its pension risk transfer business.

The average annual annuity income has risen by £106 since March, according to personal finance data firm Moneyfacts.

Standard Life has launched an enhanced version of its Mixed Income Builder, a digital planning tool designed to help savers understand how to create an income in retirement.

Annuity rates have reached an 18-year high of 7.75%, according to the Standard Life Annuity Rate Tracker.

More than a third (36%) of people in their 60s who have yet to retire say they will need to work longer as a direct result of the planned State Pension age rise.

Standard Life said it has handed carers charities £1.1m in the past two years as part of its Caring for Carers campaign.

Standard Life has launched a new Sharia pension solution, the Standard Life Sharia Universal Strategic Lifestyle Profile, for members of its workplace pension schemes.

Today’s interim Pensions Commission report has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with some urging the Commission to take 'meaningful action' that leads to 'structural change'. 

Almost half (47%) of UK adults believe that their retirement outcomes are largely influenced by factors outside of their control, according to new research.

Standard Life has acquired financial provider Aegon UK for £2bn in a deal that will create one of the country’s largest retirement savings and income businesses with 16m customers.

Pensions and retirement savings provider Standard Life has launched a new pension default known as Future Opportunities which has a significant focus on private markets.

More than half (54%) of people born between 1965 and 1980 are heading for 'inadequate' retirement income, according to a new report from think tank The Social Market Foundation.

Pensions and retirement savings provider Standard Life said it had £10bn of gross inflows to its Workplace business in 2025, up from £9.3bn in 2024, as new Workplace members climbed 14% to 247,000.

The looming impact of inheritance tax on unused pensions from April next year is spurring a third of parents to reconsider their inheritance plans.

More than three in four financial advisers (77%) expect a surge in workload due to the imposition of IHT on unused pensions from April 2027, according to a new survey.