Aegon offloads 200-year-old UK business to Standard Life for £2bn Deal will create pensions and savings group with 16 million customers and £480bn of assets, while Aegon focuses on US The Guardian - UK · Apr 15
Standard Life strikes £2bn deal to buy Aegon UK Dutch financial firm Aegon will own a 15.3% stake in the combined group following the deal. Evening Standard · Apr 15
Standard Life buys rival in £2bn deal to create pension and savings giant Dutch financial firm Aegon will own a 15.3 per cent stake in the combined group following the deal The Independent UK · Apr 15
Stocks rise as inflation dips and oil price rebounds The headline Consumer Prices Index rose 3.2% year-on-year in November, slowing from 3.6% in October. Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025
Bond market power: why Rachel Reeves is keen to keep the £2.7tn ‘beast’ onside Hugely influential traders will be hanging on the chancellor’s every word when she announces her budget The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025
Political unease sparks increase in UK bond yields as FTSE 100 dips The possibility of a political challenge to Sir Keir Starmer could put the pound under pressure, analysts warned. Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
FTSE 100 closes higher as gold and oil climb The FTSE 100 index closed up 13.23 points, or 0.1%, at 9,221.14. Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025
Stocks slide and pound dives as bond yields spike The FTSE 100 index closed down 79.65 points at 9,116.69. Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025
Pension providers ‘to boost saver outcomes and UK growth’ under new initiative Pension assets in the scope of the new agreement total £252 billion. Evening Standard · May 12, 2025
Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war While UK may not be in direct line of fire, knock-on effects on global trade has British businesses worried The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025
Two City firms team up to invest £20bn of pension funds in UK businesses Phoenix Group and Schroders will target fast-growing green energy, windfarms, solar, property and small business The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024
Phoenix partners DWP for 50+ jobs fair Recruitment event aims to help tackle post-pandemic rise in elderly unemployed Insider UK · Jun 28, 2023
Mum went straight to GP after seeing social media post Gemma Crossley thought she had IBS years Liverpool Echo · May 27, 2023
FCA urges Capita clients to ascertain if data was compromised in cyber-attack Corporate clients that outsource work to Capita – including Aviva and Phoenix Group – must ‘assess fallout from data breach’ The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023 CBI’s future in doubt after flood of UK’s biggest firms quit Members including John Lewis and NatWest exit after Guardian reports of sexual misconduct allegations
Insider UK · Apr 12, 2023 Early retirement 'is driving economic inactivity' in Scotland Pension wealth among Scottish 50 to 64 year olds is around £100,000 less than required for a ‘moderate’ retirement living standard
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023 Extend net zero planning to all big companies or risk climate goals, Rishi Sunak warned Exclusive: Major private firms say failure to extend transition planning threatens UK’s ambition to be world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre
Insider UK · Sep 7, 2022 Scottish finance firms demand policy consistency to guide climate investment Ethical finance conference debate also sees criticism of divestment movement
Insider UK · Sep 6, 2022 Phoenix Group makes executive committee changes Current life companies chief executive and group director of heritage business set to retire later this year
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2022 Phoenix confident after record £950 million cash generation Analyst admits ‘boring can be beautiful’ as insurer posts market-beating results
Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2022 Phoenix Group buys insurer Sun Life UK for £248 million Last year business had 480,000 policies and £10 billion of assets under management
Insider UK · Aug 4, 2022 Phoenix Group to buy Sun Life UK for £248 million The deal is expected to deliver around £470m of incremental long-term cash generation
Birmingham Post · Jul 4, 2022 Pharmacy distribution site emerges for Phoenix Group to serve North of England 260,000 sq ft Wakefield site to be completed before end of 2022