Andy Briggs: UK is hurtling towards a pensions disaster Opinion Without radical change, Britain will find itself amidst a pensions disaster, with millions worse off, writes Andy Briggs.
Revealed: The 2026 Morning Wire Awards Winners Business Around 500 guests enjoyed a night of celebration at London’s Guildhall on Wednesday 6 May where the winners of the 2026 Morning Wire Awards were crowned. From 60 finalists across 12 categories, the judges chose their champions. Personality of the Year Greg Jackson CBE The entrepreneur and CEO of Octopus Energy has become one of [...]
Standard Life snaps up Aegon UK for £2bn to create savings giant Investing Standard Life has snapped up the UK’s largest investment platform Aegon UK in a £2bn deal. The FTSE 100 giant – previously known as Phoenix Group – said the deal would create the UK’s top retirement savings and income business with near 16m customers and £480bn in assets under administration. Standard Life expects an annual [...]
Morning Wire Awards 2026: Meet the Finalists March 18, 2026 And the nominees are…. Personality of the Year Greg Jackson CBE The entrepreneur and CEO of Octopus Energy has become one of the UK’s most prominent business leaders, known for his straight talking and punchy views across a range of topics including UK entrepreneurship, the business environment, capital markets and, of course, energy. In August [...]
‘More needs to be done’ to help pension savers after salary sacrifice, says Standard life boss March 16, 2026 The boss of one of the UK’s largest pension providers has warned “more needs to be done” to help those saving for retirement after the government introduced a cap on salary sacrifice in the latest Budget. Andy Briggs, the chief executive of Standard Life, told Morning Wire: “Obviously, we weren’t supportive of [salary sacrifice changes] [...]
Phoenix Group: FTSE 100 giant changes name to Standard Life September 8, 2025 Pensions giant Phoenix Group is set to change its name to Standard Life as it adopts the name of the brand it acquired seven years ago. It follows widespread speculation that the board had been considering a name change. The firm stated that Standard Life was its most reputable name and that the change would [...]
Pensions take another step towards private markets in Schroders Phoenix joint venture July 31, 2024 Schroders and Phoenix Group have launched a new private markets manager, Future Growth Capital, with £1bn in backing. The new joint venture between the asset manager and pension giants is a significant step for the pensions industry into private markets, a direction the industry is clearly heading in. “Schroders bring the private markets capabilities, and [...]