Archive

  • Lloyds sells stake in Standard Life Aberdeen

    08 June 2018

    Sale of £355m worth of shares puts final nail in the coffin of firms’ relationship

  • Insurers' shift into private credit sparks evolution in internal rating capabilities

    04 June 2018

    With 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.

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments hopes to get Phoenix £7bn AuM

    30 May 2018

    Mandates 'under review' at Phoenix revealed in Aberdeen document

  • Blackrock, JPMorgan AM and Schroders into second round for Scottish Widows £109bn mandate

    26 April 2018

    BlackRock, 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.

  • 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

  • Scottish Widows likely to split SLA assets among several managers

    09 April 2018

    Scottish Widows is likely to allocate the £109bn ($153bn) it is pulling from Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) among "several asset managers," according to Bloomberg.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Lloyds reports "a lot of interest" in £109bn Scottish Widows asset mandate

    21 February 2018

    Lloyds 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).

  • 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.