UK - Standard Life is to close its non-contributory £695m staff final salary scheme as part of a series of cost-cutting measures ahead of its floatation.
The Edinburgh-based firm has conceded that demutualisation is “inevitable” as it can no longer rely on the dwindling pot of cash provided by its with-profits customers to underwrite its growth aspi...
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