Business Background
Origo is the eCommerce standards and services body for the UK financial services industry. They bring people together to deliver efficiencies and develop new ideas. Established in 1989 to support the adviser market, and are based in Edinburgh. Operating across the whole of the UK, they work with product providers, wrap platforms, asset managers, financial advisers, portals and software companies to collaborate on identifying and addressing cost and efficiency issues that they cannot tackle in isolation. Their standards and services are available to the whole UK life, pensions, investment and asset management sectors. Their shareholders are: Aegon, Ageas, Aviva, AXA Wealth, Bright Grey, Clerical Medical, Friends Life, Just Retirement, Legal and General, MetLife, Prudential, Scottish Life, Scottish Provident, Scottish Widows, Standard Life, Unum and Zurich.