Standard Life

[leftie]

Reading today that the Standard Life flotation is likely to go ahead after all and that policy holders are set for a windfall.

Didn't bother me, as I don't have life insurance with them but this evening I checked my pensions and found both Mrs Leftie and I have a SL pension. :bounce: Then I thought, of that pension holders aren't being mentioned so perhaps it doesn't apply to those people


Does anybody know if pension holders will be getting the windfall too?

If not, I won't miss what I never had!

[mustard]

I believe the answer is YES, BUT they must be 'With Profits' funds that your money is invested in.......

Yours waiting hopefully

[wedg1e]

Hmmm... how about us borrowers? My mortgage is with them...

Edit: from the Sunday Herald website:

"Ned Cazalet, analyst at Cazalet Consulting, said: “What probably is no more than a minor arm-wrestle with the FSA over the endowment promise has somehow been conflated into world war three. To say the float will be delayed to 2007 [because of that] is bonkers."

CONFLATED?! What the f*** does THAT mean!?



>> Edited by wedg1e on Saturday 22 October 22:52

[simpo two]

wedg1e said:

CONFLATED?! What the f*** does THAT mean!?

I'd guess an ill-educated attempt at something between 'conflagration' and 'inflated'...

[8Pack]

The bringing together of all views and sides of the arguement into one ... apparently (googled it)

[DanBoy]

Shout to all my Standard Life with profits bond massiiiiiiiveeeeeeee!

*ahem*

[8Pack]

Calm down DanBoy, .....it's only a commercial

[DanBoy]

8Pack said:

Calm down DanBoy, .....it's only a commercial

Sorry - Just had a cool date

[8Pack]

You keep your dates in the fridge?......Don't they go...hard?

[DanBoy]

8Pack said:

Don't they go...hard?

Certain parts of her did. *gets coat*

[rolex]

I dont think you will get anythink I'm afraid. I was in a company pension scheme that went PLC and got zilch! Its a case of you being a customer rather then a member

[8Pack]

The last date that I heard for this to happen was April 2006....

[clubsport]

Lets not get too excited here, I have an old SL policy I have kept running, I wouldn't expect to receive any more than a conrubution to my car insurance and maybe a tank or two of optimax.

[leftie]

It seems that 'with profits' poicies get it. They are talking £1000, or to put it another way a second hand hard top for the Elise.

[silverback mike]

hmm, I have 2 big ish with profit policies with SL........that'll pay for the cosworth engine swap..

[Pigeon]

DanBoy said:

8Pack said: Don't they go...hard? Certain parts of her did. *gets coat*

...but nevertheless you were posting on PH at only 10 minutes past midnight?

[DanBoy]

Errrrrrrrr... Yeah.

I don't do sex on the first date.