Asset Management
Aberdeen’s CEO has a turnaround plan, and a private credit boss warns ‘don’t screw it’
This week’s asset management news, all in one place
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Ex-Aberdeen brand boss: Abrdn name ‘was clearly problematic’
Simon Bailey says asset manager had four-month window to come up with a name after selling the Standard Life brand to Phoenix Group
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LCM boss warns private credit firms: Don’t ‘screw it’ for everyone else
Paul Burdell fears ‘aggressive leverage’ and says the industry has not yet been ‘truly tested’
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Artemis names ex-Man GLG boss Johnston as next CEO
Teun Johnston will take over from Mark Murray, who leaves in the summer after 28 years with the fund house
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Asset managers to raise ‘concerns’ over share buybacks in FCA probe
The City regulator has contacted seven banks as part of a probe into buybacks
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Inside Aberdeen’s turnaround plan: ‘Something had to change and it has’
It has been six months since Jason Windsor took over as CEO. Can he revive the fortunes of the UK-listed asset manager?
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From the Full Monty to fund management: Why Rupert Harrison swapped politics for BlackRock
George Osborne’s former chief of staff says asset managers have to evolve — and explains why he used to have a screen dedicated to Donald Trump’s Tweets
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Schroders and Aberdeen are sticking by their investment management arms — for now
Breaking up is hard to do
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Abrdn’s vowel movement and Schroders £150m cost-saving plan
All this week’s asset management news in one place
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Schroders CFO: ‘We will have fewer employees later this year’
Meagen Burnett says £150m cost-savings plan is ‘not about jobs’
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Schroders boss takes axe to costs with £150m savings target
Richard Oldfield says FTSE 100 group is ‘setting out a clear plan to return to profitable growth’
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How Abrdn fell back in love with its vowels
A look back at how 2021’s rebrand was ridiculed from the outset
Abrdn’s humiliating U-turn prompts tough questions about its board
Irritated staff and resentful clients spurred a rebrand to Aberdeen despite previously ruling it out
Abrdn ditches derided brand to rename itself Aberdeen
UK-listed asset manager drops brand introduced under previous chief executive Stephen Bird
Barings plans Abu Dhabi office in Middle East push
Move comes after the US-headquartered asset manager unveiled an office in Dubai last year
Fiera Capital’s Klaus Schuster: ‘You follow where the big private banks go’
Fiera Capital’s Emea boss says the asset manager is slowing its breakneck pace of acquisitions to focus more on wealth management
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BP’s U-turn shows we must rethink investor stewardship
The primary driver of good stewardship should be market forces, not regulation
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Trading Places: Waldron wins Goldman board seat, FCA’s Steward heads to Dubai
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond
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Abrdn taps Siobhan Boylan from Coutts for group CFO role
Boylan will join the UK-listed asset manager in September
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Jupiter looks beyond Whitmore exit, and what Schroders’ ex-CEO thinks of cash ISAs
All this week’s asset management news in one place
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