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.
“A strong first half performance with progress against all key financial metrics we use to drive the business, demonstrating continued momentum towards our 2026 targets. We are increasingly well placed to serve our customers’ retirement needs and create further customer and shareholder value as we fulfil our vision to become the UK’s leading retirement savings and income business.
We’ve strengthened our balance sheet and continued to invest in our market-leading Pensions and Savings and Retirement Solutions businesses. Our strategic delivery includes moving ahead with our advice proposition and in-housing the management of annuity-backing assets to benefit from our scaled asset management capabilities. We support c.12 million customers in managing over £295 billion in assets under administration.
Changing our name from Phoenix Group Holdings plc to Standard Life plc in March 2026 brings our most trusted brand to the forefront and demonstrates our commitment to helping customers secure a better retirement."