Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
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. And we're one of the top 500 companies worldwide, by revenue, as listed in the 2014 Fortune Global 500. [figures as at 31 January 2015]
At the core of our business is managing our customers' investments. In total we look after over £296 billion (1) 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(2) customers worldwide, and a further 20 million(1) through our joint ventures in China and India.
(1) As at 31 December 2014.
(2) As at 31 January 2015.Main EU files targeted
Changes, strategy and policy related to financial services, long term savings, and investments. Consultations relating to our customers' financial wellbeing. Ongoing engagement with policy makers relevant to our ongoing business activities within the financial services sector.
Address
Head Office
Lothian Road, 30
Edinburgh EH1 2DH
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 Apr 2015
Name Start date End Date Kate BALLANTYNE 23 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 John BETHELL 06 Sep 2023 05 Sep 2024 Ms Kate Ballantyne 23 Sep 2023 26 Apr 2024 Mr John Bethell 06 Sep 2023 26 Apr 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 does not have an access pass to the EP. There are others who are involved as required in an advisory capacity, when their relevant expertise is helpful to discuss specific areas of consultation.
In addition, there are several large teams working on implementation of Solvency II and MiFID; none of these people have badges to the EP.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Kate Benetti (Senior Public Affairs Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr David Nish (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. We also subscribe to DeHavilland's EU monitoring service, and we use Cicero as our Brussels-based public affairs consultancy.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
In the past, we had an expert take part in the European Contract Law working group at the Commission.
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Solvency II implementation, MiFID/MiFIR II implementation
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)
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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)
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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)