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

    30 May 2018

    Mandates 'under review' at Phoenix revealed in Aberdeen document

  • World's top insurers stalling on climate change drive

    24 May 2018

    While insurers are increasingly acute to environmental risks which might impact both sides of their balance sheet, new research has found that their investment strategies are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The research was published the same week Royal Dutch Shell held its AGM and shareholders, including some large insurers, were asked to vote on a climate resolution. Did they stand up to the test? Paul Walsh and Vincent Huck report

  • Standard Life Aberdeen challenges Lloyds’ decision to axe Scottish Widows portfolio

    08 May 2018

    SLA seeking to hold onto £109bn portfolio

  • Folksam and Aberdeen Standard Investments launch €300m fund

    02 May 2018

    Folksam Group aims to replicate its success in the Swedish real estate market across Europe

  • 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

  • Aberdeen Standard equity restructure sees six fund managers depart

    17 April 2018

    Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has restructured its equity division leading to the departure of six fund managers.

  • 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.

  • ASI launches first European property fund for insurers and pension funds

    06 April 2018

    Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), the asset management business of Standard Life Aberdeen, has launched a European Residential Property Fund targeting insurers and pension funds.

  • 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