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‘Isn’t it amazing how everybody is now a sustainability expert?’: Abrdn’s ESG boss Amanda Young on the dangers of a green bubble
After a 20-year career, the ESG veteran sees greenwashing, a lack of consistency, and unpacking data are among the sector's biggest tests ahead
Standard Life Aberdeen CEO defends name change to Abrdn amid Twitter disapproval
Stephen Bird said it did not cost the asset manager ‘a lot of money’ to develop the new brand
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Standard Life Aberdeen rebrands to Abrdn
The asset manager will move to a new stock ticker from August
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Standard Life Aberdeen strikes £102m deal for Parmenion
Deal comes after Standard Life Aberdeen announced 19.9% profit to £487m from £584m in 2019
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Standard Life Aberdeen slashes dividend, undergoes ‘extreme makeover’ of City office ahead of staff return
The listed asset manager has overhauled its London office ahead of staff returning to work following the pandemic
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Standard Life Aberdeen paves way for rebrand after fresh deal with Phoenix
The move extends an existing partnership between the two groups
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Trading Places: New CEO at Aviva Investors, top equities hire at Citigroup
It's the first week of January and City professionals are already landing at new employers
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Big fund bosses say vaccination risks, ESG boom to dominate investment picks in 2021
Fund management heavyweights have cited stumbling blocks in delivering vaccinations among some of the investment risks they are considering in the year ahead
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Aberdeen Standard plans hedge fund trackers with new platform
The £456bn Edinburgh-headquartered fund manager unveiled a new platform to launch funds that will track 500 hedge funds
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Standard Life Aberdeen wants to compete with BlackRock in ETFs: ‘It will be quite a challenge’
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street have a 20- to 30-year headstart in the ETF space, which in Europe alone has swelled to assets worth more than $1.1tn
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Former Standard Life Aberdeen boss Keith Skeoch confirmed as interim audit watchdog chair
Skeoch stepped down as CEO of asset manager Standard Life Aberdeen earlier this year
Standard Life Aberdeen appoints Hoctor-Duncan as global head of ASI
Hoctor-Duncan ran BlackRock's retail business before joining Standard Life Aberdeen
Standard Life Aberdeen’s distribution head Fleming to exit business
The company's new chief executive Stephen Bird has shaken up his leadership team
Standard Life Aberdeen reports 30% dive in profit
The asset manager said this was largely due to an 11% decrease in fee-based revenue
Outgoing SLA chief exec Keith Skeoch set to lead audit watchdog
The Standard Life Aberdeen boss was also named as the new chair of the Investment Association earlier this year
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Martin Gilbert: New Standard Life Aberdeen CEO will do more deals despite virus crisis
Martin Gilbert, the outgoing vice-chair of Standard Life Aberdeen, says the Edinburgh-headquartered asset manager will seek to make fresh acquisitions under Stephen Bird
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Ex-Citi banker to be Standard Life Aberdeen’s new CEO
Stephen Bird will start his new role on 1 July as Keith Skeoch steps down after five years
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