Aberdeen wins the Alternatives Manager of the Year award for combining long-standing private markets expertise with modern, client-focused innovation.

Building on a track record dating back to its first real estate investments in 1973, Aberdeen has developed a £70bn alternatives platform spanning private credit, real assets and multi-asset alternative solutions.

Aberdeen also stands out for making alternatives more accessible and useful for long-term savers. It pioneered evergreen private markets strategies from 2018 and created diversified, flexible-dealing solutions such as its Global Private Markets programme, underpinned by proprietary analytics (including PRISM) and academic collaboration with Cambridge Judge Business School to strengthen portfolio design and risk insights.

The judges said: "Aberdeen stands out for the depth and maturity of its private markets platform, combining long-standing origination capability with genuinely institutional portfolio construction and risk analytics. Its leadership in democratising private markets - through evergreen structures, DC-ready solutions and landmark mandates such as the Scottish Widows Growth LTAF - demonstrates both innovation and real-world impact for long-term investors."