Standard Life fined £2.45m after Sterling fund debacle

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Standard Life has been fined £2.45m by the Financial Services Authority for serious failures relating to its Pension Sterling Fund.

The FSA said the penalty, the first major fine of 2010, signals its intentions to crack down on regulatory breaches. The fund became controversial in January 2009, when Standard Life made a shoc...

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