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Strategy change

Gilbert to chair AssetCo in switch to acquisitions

Martin Gilbert
Martin Gilbert: change of plan (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish fund management veteran Martin Gilbert has been named chairman of AssetCo, the investment vehicle in which he acquired a stake atRead More

Subsidiary sold...

Standard Life Aberdeen sells Parmenion for £102m

Stephen Bird SLA
Stephen Bird: growing momentum Standard Life Aberdeen has sold investment management subsidiary Parmenion Capital Partners to private equity group Preservation Capital Partners in a £102m deal. Parmenion currently manages around £8bnRead More

Daily Business Live

US tech stocks rebound; bonds retreat; Tesla surges

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 10.30pm: US tech stocks roar back The Nasdaq led Wall Street higher, rising by 3.7% – its biggest single-day rise since 4 November – recouping heavyRead More

Partnership 'simplified'

Standard Life brand sold to Phoenix in strategy deal

Standard Life
Standard Life House now home to Phoenix Phoenix has confirmed that it is buying the Standard Life brand and reinforcing its strategic partnership with SLA in a deal that commitsRead More

Branding switch

Bird poised to drop Standard Life Aberdeen name

Standard Life Aberdeen
Standard Life Aberdeen trades mainly through its ASI brand (pic: Terry Murden) Standard Life Aberdeen is expected to change its name as part of a deal with the insurer PhoenixRead More

Exclusive: Performance pay

Standard Life bonuses based on ‘Covid contribution’

Stephen Bird SLA
Stephen Bird: shaking up the company Bonuses will be paid to Standard Life Aberdeen staff this year based on their contribution to meeting the challenge of the cornavirus pandemic. InRead More

Ahead of AGM

Standard Life Aberdeen soothes investors with AUMA rise

Standard Life Aberdeen, Martin Gilbert and Keith Skeoch
Martin Gilbert and Keith Skeoch have ended their co-leadership (pic: Terry Murden)   Standard Life Aberdeen has announced that assets under management and administration rose at the end of theRead More

Investor group raises concerns

Standard Life Aberdeen under fire over CFO pay deal

Aberdeen Standard Investments golf
A new CFO will join Standard Life Aberdeen in June (pic: Terry Murden)   Standard Life Aberdeen, which regularly calls for curbs on executive pay, could face a shareholder rebellionRead More

As Phoenix boosts 'synergy' target...

O’Dwyer tipped to replace Loney as Royal London CEO

Barry O'Dwyer
Barry O’Dwyer: tipped for vacant post   Barry O’Dwyer, head of Standard Life Aberdeen UK, has emerged as a strong contender to succeed Phil Loney as chief executive of RoyalRead More

Latest acquisition for planning team

1825 takes tally to seven with BDO Northern Ireland deal

1825 Standard Life
1825, Standard Life Aberdeen’s wholly owned financial planning and advice business, is acquiring the wealth management arm of BDO Northern Ireland which has about £230 million of assets under advice. TheRead More