Former Schroders fund manager Katherine Davidson has joined Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford as an investment manager in its Global Stewardship Strategy. Baillie Gifford said its…

Schroders Capital’s private equity team has been appointed by UK pension scheme Nest to manage its private equity allocation. Nest was set up by the…

London-based asset manager Schroders plc has announced proposals which it said “would lead to the enfranchisement of the non-voting ordinary shares” in the firm. “This will…

London-based asset manager Schroders plc said on Thursday its 2021 profit before tax rose 25% to £764.1 million and its assets under management (AUM) increased by 10% to…

Edinburgh investment firm Abrdn announced that Sarah Deaves has joined its Personal Wealth business as head of financial planning from Schroders Personal Wealth. Deaves will…

London-based asset management giant Schroders plc announced that it agreed to acquire a 75% shareholding in Greencoat Capital Holdings Limited for an initial consideration of £358 million…

Schroders, the biggest UK asset management firm with about £700 billion of assets, has announced several changes to its UK equities business as it declared that the UK…

Edinburgh investment giants abrdn and Baillie Gifford are among 125 firms that have been endorsed under the UK’s tougher stewardship and best practice code to…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has toppled London-based Schroders from the number one position in the prestigious annual rankings of UK fund management brands by Broadridge. Schroders…

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) said on Tuesday it has appointed former Schroders executive Justin Simler as head of multi-asset product strategy. Based in London, Simler…

Fund management giant Schroders said it generated record net inflows of £43.4 billion in 2019, with positive net inflows across all asset classes as the first…

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) and Schroders said on Tuesday they agreed a multi-billion pound wealth management joint venture that sees Schroders appointed as the active investment manager…

A number of major UK corporations including NatWest, John Lewis, Virgin Media O2 and insurers Phoenix, Zurich and Aviva quit the Confederation of British Industry…

Investment trust Greencoat UK Wind plc (UKW) said it has agreed to acquire Dalquhandy wind farm near Coalburn in South Lanarkshire from Germany-based renewable energy company BayWa…

Scottish Widows announced the launch of a new Global Environmental Solutions Fund it said will be “focused on directing pension investment into companies that provide…

BlackRock and M&G are suspending redemptions from UK property funds managing around £8 billion of assets as some investors seek to exit the UK real estate market….

The proposed all-share merger of Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy and London-based Tullow Oil is facing increasing opposition from shareholders of Capricorn, formerly called Cairn Energy. Capricorn shareholder Schroders this week became…

Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup said on Thursday its board has unanimously rejected a £1.23 billion cash and shares takeover approach from US private…

The biggest shareholder of Aberdeen-based bus and rail giant FirstGroup has urged it to reject the recent £1.2 billion takeover approach from private equity group…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc said on Tuesday it agreed an all-share deal worth £99.8 million to buy fund manager River & Mercantile Group (RMG)….

Premier Miton Group announced it has withdrawn from acquisition discussions with the board of fund manager River and Mercantile Group (RMG). This leaves Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc is one of two companies that have made preliminary bid approaches for fund manager River and Mercantile Group (RMG),…

Scotgold Resources Limited, the Australia-based gold exploration firm focused on Scotland, said on Tuesday that Nat Le Roux is stepping down as non-executive chairman, a position he…

River and Mercantile Group’s chief executive James Barham will move to Schroders as part of its purchase of R&M’s fiduciary arm Solutions for an enterprise value of…

The UK’s Investment Association (IA) said it appointed seven new directors to its board, “deepening the breadth of participation across the sector and maintaining a…

Cazenove Capital said its Edinburgh team has moved to a new base in Charlotte Square and has announced the appointment of James Burley as a portfolio…

Edinburgh asset management giant Baillie Gifford has invested $100 million in Blockchain.com — the largest single investment yet made in the crypto wallet provider that…

Morningstar said on Monday that investors withdrew another £2.26 billion out of UK equity funds in August as uncertainty over Brexit and a second wave…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Aberdeen said on Tuesday its assets under management and administration were £544.6 billion at December 31, 2019, down slightly…

Standard Life Aberdeen CEO Keith Skeoch has been appointed chair of the Investment Association (IA) board. The IA champions the UK asset management industry. Its…

UPDATE 4 — Edinburgh-based investment giant Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) said on Tuesday it won a legal dispute to stop Scottish Widows parent Lloyds Banking…

UPDATE 5 – Edinburgh-based Standard Life has agreed to buy Aberdeen Asset Management for £3.8 billion in an all-share transaction that would create a global fund management player overseeing £660 billion…

Edinburgh-based fund manager Baillie Gifford & Co. announced it would appoint three new partners on May 1, 2017, taking its total number of partners up to 43. Baillie Gifford employs…

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments has strengthened its Environmental, Social and Corporate (ESG) team with the hiring of Marc Brammer and Sophie Rahm as responsible investment analysts….

Standard Life has said there “are no current plans” for its chairman Gerry Grimstone to leave the Edinburgh-based investment giant despite the news that Grimstone is joining…