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Aberdeen Standard hires ESG investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
Aberdeen Standard Investments recruited Local Government Super's former responsible investment lead as its ESG investment director. Bill Hartnett will relocate to London to support ASI's emerging markets and Asia-Pacific team in the newly created ...

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Growth Index Fund Property Charter Hall Charter Hall Maxim Property Securities Fund Real Returns Aberdeen Standard Investments Aberdeen Standard Multi-Asset Real Return Fund Smart Beta Dimensional Fund Advisors Dimensional Australian Small Company Investment ...

Aberdeen Standard distribution head departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments confirmed its head of distribution has left the business. Simone Bouch has left Aberdeen Standard Investments following eight months as distribution lead. Bouch served as head of Australasia at Standard Life for seven years ...

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