STANDARD LIFE PLC (SDLF) — HY26 Results

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the STANDARD LIFE PLC investor presentation. Questions are encouraged. They can be submitted at any time via the q and a tab that's just situated on the right hand corner of your screen. Please just simply type in your questions and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question it receives during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today and will publish your responses where it's appropriate to do so on the Investor Meet company platform. Before we begin, we would just like to submit the following poll. And if you could give that your kind attention, I'm sure the company would be most grateful. We will now begin the presentation and move to live q and a at the end. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to STANDARD LIFE's twenty twenty six half year results. Today, I'll begin with an update on how our delivery is building momentum across our strategic priorities. Nick will take you through the detail of our financial performance, which supports achieving our 2026 targets. I'll then return to update on our next phase of growth before taking your questions. We're now in the final stages of our three year strategy, and I'm delighted with the progress we've made since 2024. First, The UK market is one of the most attractive globally for retirement savings and income, and we're uniquely positioned in that market because of the capabilities and platforms we've built, our leading brand and our commitment to putting our customers at the core of everything we do. Second, we're building momentum through execution of our strategic priorities, which is driving growth across our key financial metrics. It means we've already achieved some of our end twen...