Equal taxes should be applied to profits from an investment as to Dirt tax on a bank account, as it makes no sense to penalise people by charging them a higher tax rate for making a more prudent investment.

The charity ALONE, which supports older people living at home, says demand has never been greater but funds are running thin.

Rory McIroy is the clear winner in the 2018 rankings for the richest young sports star in Britain and Ireland, according to The Sunday Times Rich List.

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A drop in life expectancy has enabled Legal & General to release reserves against mortality risk, driving first-half profits up by an above-forecast 27%.

Worries about outflows from Standard Life’s flagship multi-asset strategy hit its shares, ahead of an £11bn (€12.2bn) merger with Aberdeen Asset Management to form the UK’s largest active manager.

Pádraig Hoare meets the boss of Standard Life Ireland which hopes to become the firm’s European base post Brexit and is seeking fairness and equality from Government in the treatment of all types of savers

Insurer and asset manager Standard Life is likely to choose Dublin as the base for its EU subsidiary after the UK leaves the bloc, its chairman said.

Standard Life, Scotland’s largest insurer, agreed to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management for about £3.8bn (€4.4bn), a deal that would create the UK’s largest active manager.

A larger-than-life personality and true green Irish sporting hero was the last occupant of 5 Menloe Park; now, quite the scrum of viewing interest can be expected on this five-bed Blackrock home’s arrival on the open market.

The death has occurred in Cork of Bertie O’Hanlon, the last surviving member of the Irish team that won the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in the 1948 International Championship. 

A huge spike in pension ownership among millennials in the past six months has seen Irish private pension coverage surge to Celtic Tiger-era levels.

Investors sought out the safe haven of gold as stock markets dipped and tourism shares dropped in the aftermath of the attacks on Brussels.

Standard Life Ireland has reported record annual sales of €1.36 billion for 2015 with demand for pension products and underlying investment growth boosting performance.

Standard Life is reporting a 25% increase in pension ownership in the past five years.

Keith Wood has called for root and branch reform at Munster and has warned it will take his former province “a number of years” to return to their former glories.

Joe Schmidt’s hopes of coaching the British and Irish Lions against New Zealand in 2017 may have received a setback after tour manager John Spencer revealed that only a head coach able to take a year-long sabbatical will be considered to lead the 2017 tour to New Zealand.

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British insurer and asset manager Standard Life has reported strong net inflows for the third quarter as investors looked to increase returns against a backdrop of low interest rates and volatile markets.

The Irish arm of international pensions and investments giant, Standard Life attracted €1.14bn of new sales last year, with the value of assets it has under management rising by almost 16% to €8bn.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that a vote in favour of independence will spook the financial markets.

Cycling Ireland last night named a strong team for the UCI World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain in two weeks’ time.

A surprise lead for the Yes campaign in polling ahead of the Scottish independence referendum has spooked markets as the pound slumped to a 10-month low.

Standard Life’s Irish business saw its sales of personal pensions increase by almost 60% in the first half of the year.

German sprinter Andre Greipel believes he answered his critics after extending the country’s Tour de France sprint supremacy with victory on stage six yesterday from Arras to Reims.

The Royal Bank of Scotland and other Scottish-based financial firms might have to move their headquarters to England if Scotland becomes independent and joins the EU, Bank of England governor Mark Carney said yesterday.

Standard Life Ireland’s sales grew by a third last year, passing the landmark of more than a €1bn in 12 months for the first time in the company’s history.

UK fashion retailers set the pace on the London market after Next cheered investors with better-than-expected trading and a turnaround in the fortunes of its high street stores.

More than one in 10 college courses did not have enough applicants to fill all their places in this week’s first round of CAO offers.

Savers are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the rate of return that they are receiving on their deposits according to a survey by Standard Life.

Global stock markets struggled to make headway after weaker-than-expected growth from the world’s biggest economy weighed on mining and commodity stocks.

Better-than-expected US jobs figures sent markets higher on both sides of the Atlantic today as investors cheered encouraging signs for the world’s biggest economy.

Almost half of parents have no money in place to fund their child’s higher education and a third are worried they won't be able to afford third level education for their child.

Standard Life’s Irish business reported a 12% decline in new business, even as its parent company Standard Life reported a surprise 15% jump in profits.

Declining confidence levels among consumers appears to have bottomed out, according to a survey.

Standard Life has given customers access to one of its top-performing funds.

Thomas Cook is expected to see a breakthrough in its turnaround today when it secures approval for two key disposals, without which the holiday giant has warned it could collapse.

A shareholder revolt over the pay of chief executive Bob Diamond is set to hit UK banking giant Barclays at its annual meeting later this month.

Standard Life’s Irish operations have increased sales 17% to €1.76bn — €744m of which was sold directly in the Irish market.

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s battle with the airline’s board was dealt a blow today after its bosses won the support of the carrier’s three largest institutional shareholders.

He is also a board member of Gemalto NV and sits on the audit committee and the strategy and M&A committee.

SALES at the Irish division of pensions specialist Standard Life soared by 30% in the first nine months of this year — on a like-for-like basis — to £465 million (€540m).

THE Government cannot justify cutting pension tax relief in the budget, according to Standard Life.

A much-needed rally for London shares was sustained today after the US Federal Reserve helped to address some of the panic in world markets.

MUNSTER people are the least financially secure in Ireland while those in Dublin are the most.

THE Government has been warned against making its planned 21% cut on income tax relief on pension contributions, for fear of totally alienating private sector workers.

The London market ended slightly higher as lower oil prices hit the energy sector and overshadowed a strong session for UK insurers.

Banking giant HSBC was rebuked by shareholders today over plans that could see chief executive Stuart Gulliver earn up to £12.5m this year.

PENSIONS and investment group Standard Life achieved a 79% increase in new business in the first quarter of 2011, boosted by a 50% rise in single premium investments.