Archive

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments buys into Singapore Life

    16 January 2019

    Martin Gilbert calls underwriter a "next generation" life insurer

  • ASI launches global equity AI fund

    22 August 2018

    Machine learning component will identify sources of potential returns

  • Standard Life Aberdeen profits take a hit in "tough market"

    07 August 2018

    Challenging market conditions led to a 12% drop in pre-tax profits for Standard Life Aberdeen

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments' CIO's interesting 12 months

    26 April 2018

    Rod 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

  • What next for Scottish Widows' asset portfolio?

    28 March 2018

    Scottish 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

  • Aberdeen Standard in €1bn private equity venture with 21 Partners

    20 March 2018

    Aberdeen 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.

  • SLA hopeful of resuming Scottish Widows mandate after insurance sale

    23 February 2018

    Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) is hopeful that selling its insurance business will give it a chance to re-tender for the £109bn ($152bn) Scottish Widows asset mandate.

  • Scottish Widows terminates £100bn Standard Life Aberdeen contract

    15 February 2018

    Lloyds Banking Group has axed the mandate it had with Standard Life Aberdeen to manage £109bn ($153bn) of assets for the bank's Scottish Widows insurance business.

  • Standard Life merges with Aberdeen to create UK's largest asset manager

    06 March 2017

    £3.8bn deal expected to achieve £200m annual savings