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Standard Life in the 21st Century

2000

• 175th anniversary - originally founded as Life Insurance Company of Scotland
  
  
• Members vote to retain mutual status of Standard Life Assurance Company
  
  
• Joint venture company - Standard Life Asia - launched in Hong Kong

2001

• HDFC Standard Life - joint venture with Housing Development Finance Corporation - launched in Mumbai, India

2002

• Hong Kong business - Standard Life Asia - becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Life

2003

• Heng An Standard Life - joint venture company with Tianjin Economic Development Agency - launched in Tianjin, China

2004

• Strategic review of business undertaken - key outcome was to pursue demutualisation
  
  
• Funds under management exceed £100 billion for first time
  
  
• Domestication of Canadian non-participating business to create The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada

2005

• Standard Life confirms intention to demutualise and float on the London Stock Exchange
  
  
• Disposal of Spanish subsidiary - Prosperity s.a. based in Barcelona
  
  
• Heng An Standard Life first joint venture life company to open in Qingdao, China

2006

• New international business - Standard Life International - established in Dublin to provide tax efficient products
  
  
• Acquisition of the private medical insurance business of FirstAssist
  
  
• Special General Meeting held with overwhelming backing for the company's proposal to demutualise and float on the stock exchange
  
  
• Standard Life plc floats on the London Stock Exchange and joins the FTSE 100 index

2007

• Winner in the "Arts, Business & Sustainability" category at prestigious Arts and Business Awards
  
  
• Special Achievement awards for gaining the ‘Investment Provider’ and ‘Life & Pensions’ 5-Star Awards for 12 consecutive years at the annual Financial Adviser Service Awards
  
  
• Increase in stake in HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company in India to 26% (maximum holding permitted under Indian regulation)

2008

• Launch of new discretionary investment management business - Standard Life Wealth