Edinburgh-based asset management giant Aberdeen Standard Investments said it is closing its underperforming ASI UK Recovery Equity Fund on October 22 after the fund’s largest…

By Mark McSherry Edinburgh-based asset management giant Aberdeen Standard Investments has written to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to warn that proposed new…

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust on Monday became the latest real estate investment trust (REIT) to slash its dividend amid pressure on rent collections. The…

By Mark McSherry Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) said on Thursday that shares of its new US listed closed-end fund, Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund…

One of Boohoo’s largest shareholders — Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Aberdeen — has sold most of its stake in the Manchester-based online fashion…

Investment firm Quilter said it hired Bambos Hambi from Aberdeen Standard Investments to be chief executive officer of Quilter Investors. London-based Quilter manages investments of…

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) said on Thursday that top-rated fund manager Harry Nimmo is returning to co-manage its global small cap strategy. Nimmo stepped down…

Shareholders of Standard Life Aberdeen have revolted against a proposal they feared could have allowed the Edinburgh-based fund management giant to replace annual general meetings…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Aberdeen said on Tuesday its assets under management and administration at April 30 stood at £490 billion, with estimated…

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) said on Wednesday it has launched a new fund “which seeks to harness the significant investment opportunities present within global mid-cap…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Standard Life Aberdeen said on Friday it raised £237 million for “general corporate purposes” from the sale of shares in HDFC…

Aberdeen Standard Investments said on Wednesday that dealing has been suspended in the £1.7 billion Standard Life Investments UK Real Estate Fund and the £1.1…

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…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) said on Wednesday that Trainline chairman Brian McBride will be appointed as a non-executive director of SLA with…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Aberdeen Standard Investments announced the promotion of Andrew Paisley to Head of Smaller Companies amid a number of changes ahead of the…

Standard Life Private Equity Trust plc said on Tuesday that Peter McKellar, global head of private markets at Aberdeen Standard Investments, bought 135,000 shares in…

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed Aileen Mathieson as its new global head of insurance following the retirement of Stephen Acheson after 37 years of…

Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of Edinburgh-based Standard Life Assurance, on Friday agreed to buy ReAssure, the British business…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Standard Life Aberdeen said it plans to sell yet another portion of its stake in Indian financial group HDFC for as…

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) private placement debt team has lent £65 million to the City of London Corporation. The investment was undertaken on behalf of…

UPDATE 3 — Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of Edinburgh-based Standard Life Assurance, said on Friday its CEO Clive…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Standard Life Aberdeen said on Friday it has launched the latest stage of its massive share buyback programme. The latest stage involves buying…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Standard Life Aberdeen plc (SLA) said on Wednesday its assets under management and administration rose 5% to £577.5 billion in the first half…

Standard Life Aberdeen plc (SLA) on Wednesday announced details of its settlement with Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) and Scottish Widows in relation to arbitration proceedings…

Lloyds Banking‎ Group is to pay about £140 million to Standard Life Aberdeen to settle a legal fight over the future of a £100 billion…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) said on Friday it has forged a strategic partnership with Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The partnership…

Aberdeen Standard Investments said it exchanged contracts to sell the central Edinburgh development that includes parent firm Standard Life Aberdeen’s HQ to German pension fund…

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 4 — Edinburgh-based investment giant Standard Life Aberdeen plc unveiled a boardroom overhaul on Wednesday as it reported disappointing 2018 results that showed its…

Bahrain-based private equity firm Investcorp and Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) announced the appointment of Gerry Grimstone as chairman of its new joint…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Standard Investments is close to agreeing a deal to sell its HQ at at 6 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh, according to a…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) said on Wednesday it intends to invest a further €2 billion in residential property by 2022. ASI is already…

Aberdeen Standard Investments said it has provided £65 million of debt to Anglian Water in the form of a privately negotiated green bond. The investment…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Standard Life Aberdeen late on Friday announced the completion of the sale of Standard Life Assurance Limited to Phoenix Group Holdings for a…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Aberdeen Standard Investments said it has launched a new fund that utilises machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. The…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) said on Tuesday its assets under management and administration slipped to £610.1 billion in the first half of 2018…

Aberdeen Standard Investments said its real estate team has now fully let the entire south side of St Andrew Square in Edinburgh. In a deal…

Aviva Investors said on Monday it hired eight fund managers from Standard Life Aberdeen to work in its new Edinburgh office. The new hires will…

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) and Phoenix Group announced they have established a private markets fund financing strategy “that is tailored to Phoenix’s financial objectives as…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has launched a contract dispute process against Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) over LBG’s decision to cancel a £109 billion…

Aberdeen Standard Investments said its infrastructure team has made a second investment in a gas pipeline and processing system. The team has acquired the InfraVia…

Standard Life Aberdeen plc said on Thursday it is “considering the potential for a substantial return of capital to shareholders” after it completes a deal to…

Aberdeen Standard Investments voted against the “enormous” remuneration packages for executives at York-based housebuilder Persimmon including a £75 million package for Persimmon CEO Jeff Fairburn at the…

Aberdeen Standard Investments said its infrastructure debt team has provided more than £43 million of private debt to finance six operational hydro-electric schemes in Scotland….

Standard Life Aberdeen’s head of distribution Campbell Fleming told Money Marketing in a wide-ranging interview that Standard Life Aberdeen is optimistic that it can hold on to the…

Aberdeen Standard Investments and European investment firm 21 Partners on Friday announced the establishment of a new UK based 50:50 joint venture (JV) – 21…

British insurer Phoenix Group Holdings is in advanced talks to buy Standard Life Aberdeen Plc’s insurance business for about £3 billion and a deal could…

UPDATE 4 — Shares of Edinburgh-based Standard Life Aberdeen fell about 5% after it was announced it will lose its biggest client. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG)…

Standard Life Aberdeen said assets under management at its fund management business Aberdeen Standard Investments fell £10.9 billion to £569.7 billion in the nine months to…

Scottish asset management giant Aberdeen Standard Investments announced that its wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE), Aberdeen Asset Management (Shanghai), secured registration as a private securities investment fund manager…

Scottish Widows’ owner Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is “believed to be in advanced talks” with Standard Life Aberdeen to buy Standard Life’s corporate pensions business…

Shares of Standard Life Aberdeen edged lower for a second day following its announcement that it plans a subordinated debt offering that “will be used for…

Standard Life’s financial planning business 1825 announced changes to its senior leadership team “as the business enters the next stage of its growth.” Steve Murray will…

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments said it voted its clients’ 465 million shares in Vodafone against Vodafone’s resolution to reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as Vodafone’s auditors and against…

Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management said the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority “have confirmed their approval to enable the merger between…

Shareholders of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management will vote on Monday on the proposed £11 billion merger of the two Scottish investment giants. The transaction requires…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has started its routine inquiry into the proposed merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management. A…

Aberdeen Asset Management CEO Martin Gilbert said in an interview that bigger distribution in the United States would be a key ambiton of the combined Standard Life-Aberdeen…

Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management on Monday outlined the allocation of responsibilities between co-chief executives Keith Skeoch and Martin Gilbert after the companies complete their…

Standard Life Investments said its high-profile head of equities David Cumming “has chosen to leave … to pursue other interests” — just days after Standard Life announced…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Standard Life Investments issued its Governance & Stewardship Annual Review for 2016 in which it revealed it voted its clients’ shares 430…

Edinburgh-based Standard Life plc said Paul Matthews, CEO UK & Europe Pensions and Savings will stand down as an executive director and Barry O’Dwyer, currently CEO…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Standard Life Investments said it appointed Archie Struthers to the role of head of investments. Struthers will join Standard Life Investments — which manages…

Edinburgh-based fund manager Standard Life Investments argued on Monday that Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is not offering enough for British pay-TV firm Sky Plc and questioned the independence of…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Investments (SLI) said its MyFolio range of funds — which enables investors to choose their preferred level of investment risk — reached…

Edinburgh-based insurance and investment giant Standard Life said India’s insurance watchdog had “expressed reservations” about accepting the current terms for the purchase of Max Life Insurance by Standard Life’s Indian joint…

Edinburgh-based asset management giant Standard Life Investments (SLI) has told clients that Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory introduces “significant uncertainty to the outlook for government…

More than half of the independent shareholders of controversial retailer Sports Direct voted against re-electing Keith Hellawell as chairman at a stormy annual general meeting. Edinburgh-based fund…