Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments, one of Europe’s largest real estate investors managing about £18.2 billion of real estate-related assets, has announced some big changes to its…

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments’ Hong Kong business has established a strategic relationship with leading Chinese asset manager Bosera Asset Management. The two fund managers have announced the launch of…

Standard Life’s financial planning business 1825 said it will establish a London regional office by buying Baigrie Davies, its third acquisition in the last three weeks. Baigrie…

Edinburgh-based investment, pensions and insurance group Standard Life is to hold its annual general meeting outside of Scotland for the first time in its history. This year’s Standard…

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments has told investors it expects another year of volatility in debt markets — and said it believes the risk of recession “is lower than the market…

Edinburgh-based global fund manager Standard Life Investments said its longer-term outlook on China “has become increasingly negative” and that it fears China might not carry out corporate…

Edinburgh-based fund manager Standard Life Investments said on Monday it will be a “principal partner” for the British & Irish Lions rugby tour to New Zealand…

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments, a major shareholder in Royal Dutch Shell, said on Friday it would vote against Shell’s $50 billion bid to buy BG Group. David…

Edinburgh-based fund giant Standard Life Investments, a shareholder in HSBC, would support the global bank if it decided to move its headquarters away from London…

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…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Standard Life said it enjoyed net inflows of £2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) in the third quarter — well ahead of analysts’ expectations….

Shares in Edinburgh-based investment, insurance and pensions giant Standard Life fell more than 3% on Tuesday afternoon despite the company reporting that its first-half operating profit rose…

Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of Standard Life, announced that Rakesh Thakrar will step down from his position as group chief financial officer (GCFO) at…

Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn is facing “corporate bullying” by the media following its controversial rebrand, according to Peter Branner, the asset manager’s chief investment officer…

Shares of Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of Standard Life, rose as much as 9% after it published 2023 results showing total cash generation of £2.024…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Abrdn plc announced its 2023 results on Tuesday, saying its work to achieve at least £150 million of annualised cost savings “is now…

Gordon Humphries has been elected as chair of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) and Sapna Shah has been elected as deputy chair with immediate effect….

A surge in bulk annuity deals is anticipated over the next five years, with 86% of pension scheme trustees expecting to approach an insurer in…

Investment firm M&G plc announced the appointment of Caroline Connellan as the CEO of M&G Wealth, subject to regulatory approval. Connellan is the former CEO…

By Mark McSherry Abrdn chairman Douglas Flint said a debt default by the United States “is almost unthinkable” and would be a “cataclysmic” event for…

Phoenix Group, owner of Standard Life, said it has provided a £210 million investment to City Property Glasgow, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glasgow City…

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt set out his budget on Wednesday in an effort to pull the UK economy out of its run of stagnant…

Phoenix Group Holdings plc, the closed life and pension fund consolidator that owns the “old” Standard Life Assurance, said it expects to benefit from further…

Wealth management firm Quilter plc announced “with great sadness” the death of its commercial and propositions director David Tiller at the age of 56. Tiller…

Occupational pensions consultancy LCP (Lane Clark & Peacock) has predicted that 2023 will be a record breaking one in the de-risking market, with record volumes of…

Veteran Scottish fund manager Martin Gilbert has predicted that 2023 “will prove to be the beginning of a renaissance” for active fund managers. Gilbert said…

Glasgow-based AlbaCo announced it hired former Scottish Financial Enterprise’s CEO Graeme Jones as its chair. Alba is currently working with the FCA and PRA as…

Martin Gilbert’s fast-growing asset manager AssetCo announced that Gary Marshall has been appointed as its Chief Financial and Operating Officer (CFOO) and has joined its…

Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, said it made two key appointments to its executive committee. The brands of Phoenix include…

Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust plc said that after 37 years with Standard Life and Abrdn, Harry Nimmo will retire from Abrdn at the…

Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has announced a new chair along with other appointments to a new-look board. SFE said current deputy chair John McGuigan will…

Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of the “old” Standard Life Assurance, announced it posted record cash generation of £950 million…

Phoenix Group’s Standard Life has warned of a “a major gap” in the British pension system with the latest ONS statistics showing a split between the…

Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of the “old” Standard Life Assurance, announced the appointment of entrepreneur Maggie Semple as an…

HSBC Holdings plc has seen its share price rise more than 4% in the past few days after its largest shareholder, Chinese insurance giant Ping An, urged…

Abrdn plc announced board changes with its annual results on Tuesday as the Edinburgh investment giant revealed that Martin Pike and Jutta af Rosenborg, its…

Martin Gilbert’s fast-growing investment firm AssetCo plc has reached agreement to acquire Edinburgh-based Revera Asset Management Limited for about £2.8 million in shares and cash. The…

Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of the “old” Standard Life Assurance, announced some big board changes on Wednesday. Senior…

Newton Investment Management, part of BNY Mellon Investment Management, announced it hired veteran Scottish fund manager David Cumming and Abrdn portfolio manager Georgina Cooper for its…

Edinburgh investment giant Abrdn has announced it will sell 40 million of its 144 million shares in life and pensions consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc to institutional…

Standard Life Private Equity Trust plc — soon to be renamed Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc — has reported a record annual share price…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc has been given another extension to the deadline by which it must make an offer for fund manager River and…

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…

Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has sold its remaining 6.6% shareholding in closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings by selling 66,199,917 ordinary shares…

The membership of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has elected former Standard Life Investments head of investment companies Gordon Humphries and Fidelity International’s head of…

Merrill Lynch International (BofA Securities) said on Tuesday it has been appointed by Swiss Re as sole bookrunner for a proposed secondary sale of approximately…

Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has appointed Ross Mathison as a portfolio manager of its Global Income Growth Fund and Responsible Global Equity Income Fund,…

Baillie Gifford’s £1 billion Schiehallion Fund was the best performing investment trust of 2021 with a price total return of 103.3% as private equity trusts dominated…

The UK’s Takeover Panel has extended the deadline to January 18 by which Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc and rival suitor Premier Miton Group…

Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of the “old” Standard Life Assurance, announced the appointment of Anna Franekova to drive mergers…

Edinburgh-based Aegon UK has appointed Andy Dickson to the newly created role of Master Trust Strategic Development Director. “Andy will be responsible for building on…

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),…

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…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc announced it has completed the acquisition of a 30% equity interest in Parmenion Capital Partners LLP, a discretionary investment…

Edinburgh-based investment giant abrdn said on Wednesday it sold another 5% of HDFC Asset Management Company Limited in India to raise £268 million. The money…

Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of the “old” Standard Life Assurance, has announced five new appointments to its bulk purchase…

Martin Gilbert’s fast-growing investment firm AssetCo plc has announced that former Standard Life Aberdeen executive Campbell Fleming will join its board of directors and take…

Wealth management firm Quilter plc announced the appointment of David Tiller as its commercial and propositions director as it continues the development and growth of…

The £460 million Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLIPIT) has announced the acquisition of land in the Cairngorms National Park that will be used…

Edinburgh investment firm abrdn has declined to comment on reports in the London trade press that it is planning to establish a new London headquarters…

Closed life and pension fund consolidator Phoenix Group Holdings plc, owner of the “old” Standard Life Assurance, announced it has acquired a portfolio of equity…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc has announced that Lucy Draper will join the business as Director – Distribution. Draper was previously Director, Business Development…

Scottish corporate and finance veteran Benny Higgins is to join Glasgow investment firm N4 Partners as chairman. Higgins will also chair the N4 Advisory Board, which…

The Scottish Government said on Tuesday it is taking the “first steps on the road” to establishing a Scottish Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG). Social Justice…

Rebranded Edinburgh-based asset management giant abrdn on Tuesday posted a 52% increase in adjusted operating profit to £160 million for the first half of 2021…

Shares of Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc fell about 15% on Thursday to around £17.50 as it announced its intention to conduct a placing of…

Revolut, the digital banking app, has announced an $800 million series E funding round which it says values the business at $33 billion. Revolut’s chairman…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Wednesday that a total of £2.2 million was reportedly lost to pension scammers in the first five months…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc said on Thursday it reached agreement with Preservation Capital Partners Limited to acquire a 30% equity interest in Parmenion Capital…

Martin Gilbert’s investment firm AssetCo plc said on Monday it expects to “announce further activity” soon as it targets asset management deals. AssetCo said it…