Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Standard Life plc (Standard Life)
EU Transparency Register
28229947613-19 First registered on 05 Jan 2012
Goals / Remit
We specialise in asset management and long-term savings. We want to lead the way in helping people save and invest for their future, by offering the types of products and services that they need throughout their lives.
Our Group employs around 6,500 people internationally. Standard Life plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with around 1.3 million individual shareholders across over 50 countries. We're one of the top 500 companies worldwide, by revenue, as listed in the 2015 Fortune Global 500.
At the core of our business is managing our customers' investments. In total, we look after over £307 billion of their assets.
We offer a range of products and services, through our Standard Life, Standard Life Investments, Standard Life Wealth and joint venture brands, to help people save for their future.
The Group operates in the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. We support around 4.5 million customers worldwide, and a further 25 million through our joint ventures in China and India.
All figures as at 31 December 2015.Main EU files targeted
Changes, strategy and policy related to financial services, long term savings, pensions, and investments, such as the Capital Markets Unions, consumer protection policies, and prudential regulation. Ongoing engagement with policy makers relevant to our business activities within the financial services sector.
Address
Head Office
Lothian Road, 30
Edinburgh EH1 2DH
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 14 Feb 2017
Name Start date End Date Kate BALLANTYNE 23 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 John BETHELL 06 Sep 2023 05 Sep 2024 Ms Argi Sampedro 19 Jan 2022 19 Jan 2023 Ms Argi Sampedro 28 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021 Ms Annegret Schneider 16 Feb 2016 01 Mar 2017 Mr Alexander MacDonald 09 May 2012 01 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
We have one full-time person responsible for EU affairs who has an access pass to the EP. There are other staff members who are involved in an analytical and advisory capacity on a frequent basis to discuss specific areas of consultation and policy developments.
In addition, there are several large teams working on the implementation of EU legislation.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Annegret Schneider (Senior Public Affairs Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Keith Skeoch (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Standard Life belongs to, and engages with, a range of organisations whose activities may be relevant. Key groups are: Association of British Insurers (ABI), Investment Association (IA), Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Financial Future (FF), European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), City of London Corporation, TheCityUK, European Insurance CRO (Chief Risk Officer) Forum, European Insurance CFO (Chief Finance Officer) Forum, and FEAM. We also subscribe to DeHavilland's EU monitoring service.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
In the past, we had an expert participating in the European Contract Law working group of the European Commission.
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
9 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 16 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject AIFMD, CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2021 Location Virtual Subject Sustainable Finance, climate scenarios Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2021 Location virtual Subject CMU/AIFMD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Economic and Monetary Union and other economic issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 22 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Insurance investment & solvency II Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Insurance latest developments Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 10 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
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