Online edition

Read the newspaper

Read the newspaper online edition
See more online editions

Standard Life

Aviva Investors hires insurance specialist from rival Standard Life

Chief executive Euan Munro appoints director from his former firm

    Gilbert and Skeoch will run Standard Life Aberdeen for ‘another 10 years’

    Comments from co-chief executive hold implications for generation of talent brought together by the merger

    2 min read

    Standard LifeAsset ManagementAberdeen Asset ManagementPeople

    Standard Life profits rise but problems persist at flagship fund

    Withdrawals from flagship fund contribute to a net £4.6bn outflow at Standard Life Investments ahead of its merger with Aberdeen

    2 min read

    Standard Life joins Aberdeen at wrong end of fund sales table

    Continuing withdrawals from struggling GARS raise questions for Standard Life in the retail funds market

    3 min read

    Standard Life and Aberdeen risk undermining their efforts on gender diversity

    With just one woman on a combined 12-strong investment committee, lobby groups have turned on the firms that have so often promoted their cause

    3 min read

    Competition regulator clears Standard Life Aberdeen deal

    The two firms also received shareholder backing for their merger this week, putting them on track for completion in August

    1 min read

    Rising Stars of European Finance 2025

    Wanted

    Rising Stars of European Finance 2025

    Paul Clarke
    Check out FN's latest profiles

    An Audience With

    Check out FN's latest profiles

    Standard Life Aberdeen picks its investment leaders

    Shareholders this week voted overwhelmingly in favour of the companies' multibillion-pound merger

    2 min read

    Standard Life and Aberdeen shareholders back merger

    Deal will create an investment powerhouse with around 9,000 employees and £660bn under management

    2 min read

    Standard Life’s fresh face warns WPP on life after Sorrell

    Two big shareholders say they want to hear more about WPP's plans for the retirement of its 72-year-old chief

    3 min read

    Standard Life names Brexit boss

    Insurer hires former trade body director to help plan for the UK's departure from the EU

    2 min read

    Competition watchdog to probe Standard Life-Aberdeen

    Competition watchdog says it will look into whether tie-up would 'reduce competition' in fund management

    2 min read

    Standard Life-Aberdeen: where the staff cuts could come

    The firms have offered more detail on Skeoch and Gilbert's unusual split CEO role, but analysts are keeping an eye out for overlaps and departures

    Standard Life Investments’ equities chief to depart

    The Scottish fund management mega-merger has claimed its first casualty

    Who will round out the top team at Standard Life-Aberdeen?

    More detail on the fate of senior execs such as Aberdeen's Hugh Young and Standard Life's Luke Savage is beginning to emerge

    Most Read

    City gives thumbs-up to Aberdeen-Standard Life

    Market analysts are upbeat and fund advisers seem sanguine for the moment, though others warn of personnel disruption to come

    5 min read

    The bankers bringing Standard Life and Aberdeen together

    Dealmakers at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse are working on the deal, which will create one of Europe’s largest asset managers

    2 min read

    Standard Life and Aberdeen confirm £11bn merger

    Firms' chief executives tout £200 million cost savings - but decline to be drawn on job cuts

    2 min read

    GARS outflows swell at Standard Life Investments

    More investors have turned their backs on one of the UK's most popular multi-asset funds, thanks to two years of underperformance

    2 min read

    Standard Life raps Thomas Cook on pay

    Vote comes just weeks after the body representing UK pension schemes urged fund managers to challenge 'provocative' levels of executive pay

    1 min read

    Accountancy
    An Audience With
    Brexit
    Fintech
    Asset Management
    Investment Banking
    Legal Services
    ESG
    Politics
    Crypto
    Trading
    Regulation
    Private Equity
    Webcasts
    Commentary
    Newspaper
    Lists
    Hedge Funds