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Standard Life PLC is one of the largest asset managing groups in the UK with over 7 million customers currently on the books. The company has been part of the London Stock Exchange since 2006 and already have over 1.5 million shareholders in over 50 countries worldwide. In short, Standard Life PLC was founded back in 1825 and today provides a number of financial products to its customers, including pensions, healthcare insurance, investment management and banking facilities. In fact figures show that Standard Life Pensions have over 4 million customers while Standard Life Banking manages around 10billion pounds worth of mortgages at any one time. Similarly, Standard Life Investments manage around 130billion pounds worth of assets and Standard Life Healthcare is now one of the largest providers of private medical insurance in the UK.

The company really is a successful global influence with branches throughout the UK and Ireland, Canada, America, Germany, Austria and in Hong Kong. Their mission is to speed up the growth of their corporate business by not only developing their existing products but also by launching new products and expanding their customer base. This mission was recently helped along by the acquisition of Vebnet (Holdings)PLC in 2008 – a company that has nearly 300,000 users and a very good foothold in the online reward market. In general, Standard Life PLC is a strong, well established company who will undoubtedly have no worries about getting through the present economic climate unscathed.