Standard Life is a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income.
Standard Life is a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We are proud to manage £300 billion of assets on behalf of our 12 million customers, using our financial strength, scale and investment capabilities to support better outcomes and greater financial security in later life.
We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better and we are empowering our customers to engage with their financial futures. By providing the right products and solutions at the right time – designed around how people actually live – we help customers at every life stage while delivering sustainable growth that strengthens our long‑term financial resilience.
Delivering value for shareholders is directly linked to the outcomes we deliver for customers. Our strategy, grounded in scale, financial strength and disciplined delivery, combined with a focus on cash generation, capital strength and earnings, underpins a resilient financial framework and supports our progressive and sustainable dividend policy.
We operate with a long-term mindset: harnessing our scale, managing risk responsibly, helping build a world worth retiring into, and turning structural growth in the retirement market into sustainable value creation. Our purpose - helping people secure a life of possibilities - guides how we grow, how we invest and how we deliver long-term value for customers, colleagues, investors and society.
“Our results demonstrate strong progress delivering on our strategic priorities. Further profitable growth and a strengthened Solvency balance sheet have supported increased shareholder returns and greater financial flexibility for the future, underpinned by the significant and growing levels of excess cash our business generates. We are firmly on track to deliver our 2026 financial targets, building momentum by continuing to sharpen our competitive position in one of the world’s most attractive savings and retirement markets. Operating as Standard Life plc brings our most trusted brand to the forefront, demonstrating our commitment to helping our customers achieve better outcomes and greater financial security in later life. We look to the future with confidence."
