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ART appoints chief financial officer, promotes managers

ELIZABETH FRY | FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024

... accountant by trade, he's held several finance, insurance and operations roles over the years, including stints at Standard Life and Great Southern Bank. ART chief executive David Anderson said the appointment comes as the fund enters its next phase ...

500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024

... abrdn's shares have more than halved since the company was created via a merger of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life in 2017.

abrdn's Jollie outlines next steps

ELIZABETH FRY | FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023

... acquisition of Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia in 2009, the merger between Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life in 2017, and most recently, the restructure of abrdn's Australia business. This story first appeared on Industry Moves ...

In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023

... 10% on reason and logic. Women tend to be more emotional when it comes to finances, according to a recent study by Standard Life, after canvassing 6000 people in the UK. Over the last two years, women reported a significant decline in their positive ...

BennBridge appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022

... over a decade as global head of product and client solutions at Aberdeen Standard Investments. McKillop also joined Standard Life in 1997 and worked in a range of senior roles including head of Europe, Australasia and the Far East (EAFE) funds in the ...

Abrdn acquires robo-adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021

... the ideal home for Exo to drive that vision and use its reach to deliver the proposition to customers." In April, Standard Life Aberdeen changed its name Abrdn in a bid to revamp the company with a modern edge.

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021

BT Super for Life will increase the cost of its standard life insurance cover by 13.1% from August 1. The standard cover includes death and TPD. As an example, a 34-year-old male member of BT Super for Life previously paid $11.41 each month for one ...

ASI product development lead exits

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021

... redundant. Several exits were prompted by the appointment of Stephen Bird in October 2020 as group chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), the parent company of ASI, who is spearheading a shakeup of the global company. This includes the recently ...

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 ...

ASI restructures distribution team

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021

... global resources with our local footprint to build a strong investment platform". ASI is the asset management arm of Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA). Former Citigroup executive Stephen Bird took on the chief executive role at SLA in September. UK publication ...

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Active Super transfers members to Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

Challenger will take over Active Super's Guaranteed Income offering after it was determined transferring these member accounts to Vision Super would not be in their best interests.

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI

Why investors in Asian equities and gamers alike have reason to feel good about the year ahead.

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN

After a year of defiantly leaving interest rates on hold, the RBA has given the first glimmer of hope a rate cut may come in the first half of 2025.

Scarcity Partners acquires stake of foreign investment firm

ANDREW MCKEAN

Scarcity Partners has acquired a 20% interest in January Capital, a Singapore-based private markets investment firm focused on Asia Pacific technology companies.

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