Standard Life Aberdeen to offer nine months’ fully paid parental leave October 30, 2019 Investment company Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) is to offer all its employees nine months of fully-paid leave when they become parents, and one year’s total leave. SLA said the leave would be available to all new parents, irrespective of gender, family situation, or how long they have worked for the company. Read more: Martin Gilbert [...]
City giant Martin Gilbert reveals which Tory leadership contender he thinks is ‘amazing’ May 20, 2019 City titan Martin Gilbert has talked up environment secretary Michael Gove as the next Conservative leader, dubbing him “amazing”. Gilbert, who co-founded Aberdeen Asset Management in 1983, was full of praise for the Brexit campaigner in an interview with City A.M. on the fringes of the City Week 2019 conference. “I think he’s amazing, I [...]
Positive markets help Standard Life Aberdeen boost assets in first quarter May 14, 2019 Assets under management at Standard Life Aberdeen increased by three per cent in the first quarter, helped by positive market movements. The company said assets under management hit £568.9bn, up from £551.5bn at the same point last year. Read more: Standard Life Aberdeen wins £100bn asset dispute with Lloyds It said positive market movements were [...]
Dogs of the Footsie 2019: 10 shares yielding 6 per cent plus March 23, 2019 | City Talk By David Budworth from interactive investor. Here are the 10 high yielders that make it into this year's Dogs of the Footsie investment strategy. It's time to reset our Dogs of the Footsie portfolio, selecting the 10 highest-yielding shares of the FTSE 100 index. Around half of 2018's portfolio is carried over on to this [...]
End of an era: Martin Gilbert’s legacy as he steps down from Standard Life Aberdeen chief executive role March 13, 2019 City veteran Martin Gilbert stepped down as joint chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen this morning as the investment firm ditched the management structure put in place following the 2017 merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management. The move brings to an end Gilbert's 36-year reign as chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, and Standard [...]
Standard Life Aberdeen scraps co-chief executive structure March 13, 2019 Standard Life Aberdeen has scrapped its co-chief executive structure, the investment firm announced this morning as it reported a dip in profits and assets under management (AUM). Keith Skeoch has been appointed sole chief executive and Martin Gilbert has been moved to vice chairman of the company, dissolving the structure that was agreed following the [...]
Insurer Phoenix on the hunt for deals after strong results March 5, 2019 The boss of newly promoted FTSE 100 insurance company Phoenix said today he was keen to do further transactions following the £3bn purchase of Standard Life Assurance last year. Phoenix chief executive Clive Bannister said: “We are open for business and very keen to do our next transaction but they do tend to be quite [...]
Ex-Barclays Bank chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone to chair Investcorp and Aberdeen Standards joint venture February 26, 2019 Former Barclays Bank chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone has been appointed chairman of Investcorp and Aberdeen Standard’s gulf infrastructure investment joint venture. Grimstone, who stepped down from his role at Barclays investment arm on Friday, is rejoining Standard Life Aberdeen after resigning as chairman in January this year. Read more: Chairman of Barclays' investment banking arm [...]
Royal London to appoint Standard Life Aberdeen board member Kevin Parry as chairman December 10, 2018 Royal London will appoint Standard Life Aberdeen board member Kevin Parry as its chairman this week. The company is set to announce that Parry will replace former Bank of England deputy governor Rupert Pennant-Rea, who has been in the role for five years, Sky News reported. The appointment will see Parry step down from his role [...]
Asset managers back Big Four audit firms in competition watchdog consultation November 15, 2018 Investment management firms have called on the competition watchdog to ensure the quality of audit is not affected as it probes the dominance of the so-called Big Four firms. In a response to the Competition and Markets Authority Standard Life said the division of the dominant audit firms – PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY – [...]