20 December 2011
Standard Life adds Vanguard funds to platform

• 12 core index Vanguard funds added to Standard Life's pensions platform
• Funds available to retail and corporate customers
• Standard Life is the first Defined Contribution provider to offer Vanguard funds.

Standard Life¹, the long term savings and investments provider, has added 12 of Vanguard's² core index funds³ to its pensions platform. The new funds will be available to both retail and corporate clients.

The funds, which include both bond and equity index funds, will be available on the platform from 16 December 2011, with the exception of the SL Vanguard US Equity Pension Fund which will become available from the end of January 2012.

Eddy Reynolds, head of investment solutions, Standard Life said: "We are continually striving to ensure Standard Life's investment offering meets the needs of our customers. The addition of the Vanguard funds to our platform provides our customers with yet another strong investment range to choose from to help them achieve their investment goals.

"Throughout our discussions with Vanguard we have been impressed by the scale of their business, and the investment choices they offer. They have a global presence and bring a wealth of investment expertise, and we're excited to be working with them."

Tom Rampulla, managing director at Vanguard UK comments: "We are delighted that Standard Life will be the first defined contribution (DC) platform in the UK to offer Vanguard funds. We have seen considerable interest from DC providers and plan sponsors since we arrived in the UK and now pension investors, for the first time, will be able to access our funds through a major pension provider's product."

"Building on our now well-established relationship with fee-based financial advisers, we are moving to offer DC plans access to Vanguard's disciplined and long-term investment approach. Vanguard's investment expertise coupled with Standard Life as a leading DC platform provider provides a winning combination for DC investors".

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For further information, please contact:

For Standard Life
Steve Hartley, PR Manager
Direct: 0131 245 1365
Mobile: 0771 248 6387
Email: steven_hartley@standardlife.com

For Vanguard
Adam Harwood, Lansons Communications
Direct: 020 7566 9725
Email: adamh@lansons.com

Amy Butler, Lansons Communications
Direct: 020 7566 9709
Email: amyb@lansons.com

Notes to Editors

1. Established in 1825, Standard Life is a leading provider of long term savings and investments to around 6 million customers worldwide. Headquartered in Edinburgh, Standard Life has around 9,000 employees across the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Austria, India, USA, Hong Kong and mainland China.
2. Vanguard Asset Management Limited is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Services Authority. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-value investment services, whose mission is to help clients achieve their goals by being the world's highest value provider of investment products and services. Since establishing the first indexed mutual fund in the US in 1976, Vanguard has grown into one of the world's largest and most respected investment management companies. Vanguard manages over US $1.7 trillion in assets (30.09.11) and serves more than 20 million individual and institutional accounts worldwide.
3. The funds include:
   
   Available from 16 December 2011:
   • SL Vanguard FTSEŽ UK All Share Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard UK Government Bond Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard UK Investment Grade Bond Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard FTSEŽ Developed World ex UK Equity Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard FTSEŽ Developed Europe ex UK Equity Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard Japan Stock Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard Pacific ex Japan Stock Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard FTSEŽ UK Equity Income Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard UK Inflation Linked Gilt Index Pension Fund
   • SL Vanguard UK Long Duration Gilt Index Pension Fund
   Available from the end of January 2012:
   • SL Vanguard US Equity Pension Fund
4. FTSE International Limited ("FTSE") does not sponsor, endorse, or promote these funds. All copyright in the index values and constituent list vests in FTSE. "FTSE®" is a trade mark jointly owned by the London Stock Exchange Plc and The Financial Times Limited and is used by FTSE under licence.
5. As with all investments, the value of the investments can go down as well as up and individuals may not get back as much as they originally invested.

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