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Guy Stern retires from ASI

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... Investments into a market leading asset manager and, more recently, in helping us to develop and structure Aberdeen Standard Investments." "We thank Guy for his hard work and valuable contribution to the company and wish him the very best in retirement. ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... about 9% lower (depending on the investment option) on advice from its external asset consultant. Aberdeen Standard Investments senior investment specialist Josh Hall says a recession is not the manager's base case. Aberdeen sees a 25% to 30% probability ...

University endowment fund awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... University's endowment fund has appointed a global manager to run an ESG-focused fixed income strategy. Aberdeen Standard Investments will actively manage Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay for the nearly $1.3 billion endowment fund. This will ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... on a multifactor approach to smart beta, aiming to outperform market-cap weighed indices by 2-4%. Aberdeen Standard Investments' quant investment strategies team developed the new SMARTER Beta range in-house, bucking the trend of working with third-party ...

Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments launched a new fund that uses active quantitative strategies powered by machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. Launched in Luxembourg, the Aberdeen Global (AG) Artificial Intelligence Global Equity SICAV ...

Retirees force the politics of income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson told the 2018 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum that retirees' influence on populism is a major dilemma for asset managers globally. Since the Global Financial Crisis retirees have ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... Zealand, J.P. Morgan Bob Baur, chief global economist, Principal Jeremy Lawson, chief economist, Aberdeen Standard Investments Mark Tinker, head of Framlington Equities, Asia, AXA Investment Managers

Aberdeen Standard expands in mainland China

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Aberdeen Standard Investments announced it secured a licence to operate in the Chinese market via its subsidiary Aberdeen Asset Management (Shanghai). The licence granted by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) will enable the firm to manufacture ...

RG97 to shine a light on passive strategies: Aberdeen Standard

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... demonstrate some passive investment vehicles aren't quite as cheap as people believe, according to Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Nicholas Bishop. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Bishop suggested that on a fully-disclosed ...

Merged asset manager appoints Australian leadership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life, whose merged asset management business is now known as Aberdeen Standard Investments, will be led by managing director Brett Jollie and head of distribution Simone Bouch. Jollie was previously Aberdeen's managing ...
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