Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

Standard Life buys Aegon UK, Pension Schemes Bill, Barnett Waddingham bulk annuity market research

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Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

This week’s top stories include Standard Life buying Aegon UK, government decisions on the Pension Schemes Bill and Barnett Waddingham research on the bulk annuity market.

1.      Standard Life buys Aegon UK for £2bn Standard Life has acquired Aegon UK for £2bn in a deal which will create the UK's largest savings and income business with some 16 million customers ...

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