1825 acquires BDO Northern Ireland’s wealth management business
1825, Standard Life Aberdeen’s wholly owned financial planning and advice business, today announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire the wealth management arm... Read More
Scottish Widows hands £30bn fund contract to BlackRock after removing Standard Life Aberdeen from mandate
BlackRock have been awarded £30bn by Lloyds Banking Group, after a bidding battle between Schroders, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and BlackRock. The assets were initially... Read More
Schroders Plc and Lloyds Banking Group confirm wealth management merge discussions
Schroders Plc and Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed the discussions of a wealth management merge, with reports citing that the deal would see Lloyds owning... Read More
Standard Life Aberdeen confirms share buyback plan
On top of purchasing 1.5m shares at an average of 320p last week, Standard Life Aberdeen have purchased another 1,400,267 shares at an average of... Read More
Phoenix Group acquisition of Standard Life complete
Following the merger of the insurer Standard Life and asset manager Aberdeen last year, Phoenix Group has now completed on the acquisition of Standard Life... Read More
Standard Life Aberdeen begins share buyback following Phoenix deal
Standard Life Aberdeen has begun the process of buying shares back from investors after the sale of its life arm to Phoenix. A stock exchange... Read More
Standard Life slows acquisition growth to focus on existing firms
1825 Financial Planners were reported by Money Marketing to have announced a move away from acquisition based growth and is instead focusing themselves on growing... Read More
Standard Life's Elevate and Wrap service 'to evolve' to adviser's needs
Standard life’s two advisory platforms, Elevate and Wrap, could potentially consider consolidation in the near future, following feedback the investment giant, Standard Life, has received... Read More
Almary Green and 1825 halt acquisition
Standard Life will no longer pursue the acquisition of Almary Green, for its restricted national advice firm 1825, according to a statement released today. The statement comes days... Read More
Standard Life won't be buying Co-funds
FT Adviser reported today that ‘Standard Life’s head of adviser and wealth manager propositions has ruled out the prospect of buying more platforms in the... Read More