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Bellmont adds to distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... from a legacy offering." Bellmont recently hired Ben Bell as sales manager of adviser solutions. Bell formerly worked at Aberdeen Standard Investments as an associate director in the wholesale sales team.

Standard Life Aberdeen rebrands to Abrdn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Standard Life Aberdeen is changing its name to Abrdn in a bid to revamp the company with a modern edge. Standard Life Aberdeen plc will become Abrdn plc, the firm announced overnight. Abrdn, which is still pronounced "Aberdeen", reflects a modern brand ...

QMV partnerships lead resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... superannuation, wealth and insurance. His experience in financial services includes working at Thomson Reuters, Invesco, NAB and Aberdeen Asset Management. Over his tenure, he helped drive business growth in terms of client diversity and brand recognition ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments will relaunch its Australian equities fund, taking it from ESG to tighter SRI criteria. The $40 million fund managed by Michelle Lopez has so far used ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). ...

ASI restructures distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments continues to restructure the local operation, confirming that four employees from its distribution team have been made redundant. An ASI spokesperson confirmed that the employees left the firm in December 2020 following ...

Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... Pensions Board, PensionDanmark, AP2, Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees, Nest Corporation, AXA Investment Managers, DWS, Aberdeen Standard Investments, PIMCO, Jupiter Asset Management, Robeco and Fidelity International are among those using the framework. ...

Bellmont expands distribution capability

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... a bid to expand its managed accounts offering. Ben Bell joined the Sydney-based firm this month, recently working at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) as an associate director in the wholesale sales team. He spent over a decade at ASI, starting off ...

More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Ahead of International Women's Day on Monday, Aberdeen Standard Investments is calling for reform to parental leave policies to increase women's participation in the work force, saying increased paternity leave means more women in work. A research paper ...

Standard Life Aberdeen sells 196-year-old brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Following the pair's strategic partnership in 2018, Standard Life Aberdeen will sell the Standard Life name to Phoenix Group as part of a revised deal. Standard Life Aberdeen, which has a 14% stake in Phoenix Group as part of the partnership, entered ...

Two ASI executives out the door

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has lost two of its executives with their roles being absorbed by the other team members. Former institutional director Andrew Heyden spent just shy of 15 years at ASI before departing the firm at the end of 2020. ...