Answer: Standard Life plc
Standard Life plc (LSE: SL.) is a long term savings and investment business, with headquarters in Edinburgh and operations across the globe. It has 1.5 million shareholders in more than 50 countries and over 6 million customers. Standard Life provides pensions, long term savings and investment management products. Standard Life’s assets under administration at 30 June 2010 were £179 billion.
The Standard Life Group has around 10,000 employees across the UK, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong and the USA, with representative offices in Germany, France, South Korea and Australia and China. Standard Life Investments also operates in India through a joint venture, HDFC AMC.