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Standard Life Aberdeen challenges Lloyds’ decision to axe Scottish Widows portfolio
08 May 2018SLA seeking to hold onto £109bn portfolio
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Folksam and Aberdeen Standard Investments launch €300m fund
02 May 2018Folksam Group aims to replicate its success in the Swedish real estate market across Europe
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Blackrock, JPMorgan AM and Schroders into second round for Scottish Widows £109bn mandate
26 April 2018BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management and Schroders have been invited into a second round of bidding for Scottish Widows' £109bn ($152bn) investment mandate, according to the FT.
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Aberdeen Standard Investments' CIO's interesting 12 months
26 April 2018Rod Paris, CIO at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), talks about the company's transformational twelve months following the merger and that cancelled Scottish Widows mandate, likely to cost the company some 20% of its assets. By Sarfraz Thind
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Aberdeen Standard equity restructure sees six fund managers depart
17 April 2018Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has restructured its equity division leading to the departure of six fund managers.
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Scottish Widows likely to split SLA assets among several managers
09 April 2018Scottish Widows is likely to allocate the £109bn ($153bn) it is pulling from Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) among "several asset managers," according to Bloomberg.
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ASI launches first European property fund for insurers and pension funds
06 April 2018Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), the asset management business of Standard Life Aberdeen, has launched a European Residential Property Fund targeting insurers and pension funds.
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What next for Scottish Widows' asset portfolio?
28 March 2018Scottish Widows' decision to dump asset manager Aberdeen marked a rare public announcement by an insurer to change third-party managers. Gavin Stewart, director of asset allocation at Scottish Widows, shares insights on its next asset manager selection process with Sarfraz Thind
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Aberdeen Standard in €1bn private equity venture with 21 Partners
20 March 2018Aberdeen Standard Investments has partnered with European buyout firm 21 Partners to set up a €1bn ($1.2bn) private equity fund called 21 Aberdeen Standard Investments (21ASI) to be launched later this year.
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Green Bonds: a primer
12 March 2018Insurers are looking more closely than ever at the current trend of green bond investment. But is this just a fashion? And what should investors be aware of when putting money into this still nascent sector? David Turner reports