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Lloyds sells stake in Standard Life Aberdeen
08 June 2018Sale of £355m worth of shares puts final nail in the coffin of firms’ relationship
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Insurers' shift into private credit sparks evolution in internal rating capabilities
04 June 2018With insurers showing greater appetite for private credit, authorities are keen to ensure firms are applying robust credit risk assessments – but the lack of rating agencies in the space is giving regulators and insurers a headache. Asa Gibson reports.
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Aberdeen Standard Investments hopes to get Phoenix £7bn AuM
30 May 2018Mandates 'under review' at Phoenix revealed in Aberdeen document
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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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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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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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SLA hopeful of resuming Scottish Widows mandate after insurance sale
23 February 2018Standard 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.
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Lloyds reports "a lot of interest" in £109bn Scottish Widows asset mandate
21 February 2018Lloyds Banking Group has been flooded with enquiries about managing £109bn ($139bn) of Scottish Widows assets, after announcing the sacking of current manager Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA).
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Scottish Widows terminates £100bn Standard Life Aberdeen contract
15 February 2018Lloyds 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.