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Standard Life PLC
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Standard Life merged with Aberdeen Asset Management in 2017 to become Standard Life Aberdeen PLC. In 2021 the group changed its name to Abrdn .
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Lloyds to post weaker profits as PPI claims deadline looms
The day ahead includes interims from Lloyds and Taylor Wimpey along with the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision
Standard Life Aberdeen plans to return £1.75bn to shareholders
The FTSE 100-listed firm has said it will return £1bn to shareholders by way of a B share scheme, involving the issue of new B shares to shareholders which the company will subsequently redeem for cash
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Proactive news snapshot - Challenger Acquisitions, PCG Entertainment, Akers Biosciences ...
A glance at some of the day's highlights from the Proactive Investors newswire
Standard Life Aberdeen edges higher on first day of trading after £11bn merger completes
The £11bn merger was originally agreed back in March but has had to clear various regulatory hurdles
Standard Life says it will complete Aberdeen Asset Management merger next week as it lifts profits
Standard Life said its plan to deliver £200mln in cost synergies through its planned merger with Aberdeen was “progressing well”.
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Paddy Power Betfair and the final hurdle for CEO Breon Corcoran
Is Corcoran leaving on a high or getting out while the going's good?
Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset will be a good income earner after merger, suggests HSBC
The enlarged group will offer a pro-forma dividend yield of 5.4% in 2017 that can grow at 10% per year until 2019
Competition regulator greenlights £11bn Standard Life-Aberdeen merger
The Competition and Markets Authority launched an initial investigation into the merger in May but has decided not follow that up with a more in-depth review
FTSE 100 closes lower as EU summit begins; oil weighs
The FTSE 100 dropped 8.5 to close at 7,439 on the day
Lloyds Banking Group's Scottish Widows set for Standard Life merger talks
Meetings today should seen Standard Life’s £11bn merger with Edinburgh–based fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management ratified by shareholders
Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life to cut 800 jobs as part of £11bn merger
The job losses are part of plans to generate £200mln a year in cost savings should the merger get the go-ahead from shareholders next month
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Merging Aberdeen Asset sees strong rebound in first-half results, boosted by market gains, cost-cutting
The emerging-markets focused fund manager said its revenues for the six months to March 31 rose by 10.6% to £534.9mln, up from £483.6mln at the same stage last year
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FTSE 100 closes 21 points down ahead of Easter weekend
Yesterday the FTSE 100 briefly rose above 7,400 ... today, a sub-7,300 level beckons
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Day ahead: Ten Entertainment float could score a strike; Hays to update
The UK's second largest ten-pin bowling operator, Ten Entertainment will have an initial market cap of £107.25mln when conditional trading starts in London
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Week ahead: Recruiters to provide Brexit insight while Tesco delivers finals
Week ahead: Tesco, Pagegroup, Hays, JD Sports, WH Smith ...
FTSE 100 finishes lower as Wall Street stumbles and investors mull inflation rise
Inflation jumped to 2.3% in February raising the prospect of higher interest rates
Standard Life's merger with Aberdeen Asset Management a bold gamble, says Berenberg
Standard Life is taking on a lot of risk in its merger with Aberdeen Asset Management, according to Berenberg analysts.
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FTSE up with copper, FTSE 250 marks record 19,000 as Scots want referendum
Around 3.30pm, the FTSE 100 index was up almost 28 points at 7,371, just below the day’s best level of 7,376, having only hit a low of 7,342
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FTSE shares fall ahead of Budget, as Paddy Power Betfair slumps
FTSE 100 shares end lower on Tuesday ahead of the Spring Budget speech on Wednesday and as Paddy Power Betfair shares slump
Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management agree merger
The merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management will create the UK's largest fund manager
FTSE 100 stocks dragged lower by miners and copper price drop shock
The FTSE 100 was down 32 points to 7,342 shortly after 3.15pm on Monday
FTSE 100 ends lower on the week as loss-making RBS drags ticker south
London’s FTSE 100 ended lower on Friday, dragged lower by heavyweight loser RBS after it reported a ninth straight year of losses
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Day ahead: RBS, StanChart last on banks' 2016 results roller coaster
RBS has already had a big boost this week after the majority taxpayer-owned bank confirmed on Monday that it has shelved plans to sell its Williams & Glyn chain.
Standard Life tops the FTSE 100 fallers as Deutsche Bank cuts rating to 'hold'
In a review of the European Insurers, the broker cut its stance on Standard Life to ‘hold’ from ‘buy’ and reduced its target price on the stock to 370p from 390p.
FTSE 100 closed firm but volumes thin
FTSE 100 shares managed to recover enough to close Friday firmer but volumes were held back by the half-day trading in New York following Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday
FTSE 100 pares losses after banks recover
FTSE 100 shares dug themselves out of a hole to close just softer on Friday after banks recovered from heavy falls on speculative reports that troubled Deutsche Bank's US fine may be reduced
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FTSE100 ends unchanged in Fed vigil
UK stocks ended flat on Wednesday as jitters ahead of the Federal reserve’s rate decision set in
Ocado gets another pasting over margin warning
Exane BNP Paribas downgrades online grocer after it warned of margin pressure from rivals
London shares firm after BoE gilt buy wobbles
London shares ended higher on Tuesday after an unexpected helping hand from the government bond market
PREVIEW - The Pru's turn to report in financial services week
The pensions and retirment group will report numbers for the latest half year
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UK shares still on front foot at lunch
The US benchmark, the S&P 500, briefly hit a new all-time high yesterday before turning lower; nonetheless, the FTSE 100 is set to continue its journey to its own new high.
PREVIEW - GW Pharmaceuticals keeps on surprising
Purified cannabinoids biotech company GW Pharmaceuticals reports quarterly numbers.
Stocks down as enthusiasm flattens
Investors calm down and leave trading flat at the start of the week, despite an early high
Healthy oil rise keeps markets afloat, helps energy stocks
Investors cautious on Monday following a burst of optimism
Week Ahead: Telit expected to reveal benefit from sterling's slide
Among the big names reporting this week include insurance giants Legal & General, Old Mutual, Standard Life and Prudential
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Brokers: BAE Systems gets an upgrade
Deutsche Bank was bullish on the prospects of the defence specialist on Monday, upping its target price for the stock
London stocks fall as Brexit woes continue to weigh
London’s FTSE 100 closed down on Wednesday in a repeat of the previous session’s gyrations over the ongoing Brexit vote shock
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FTSE 100 Index falls as pound plunges to new low
The FTSE 100 Index reversed modest gains to stand 103.29 points adrift at 6442.08
FTSE 100 Index rises but pound slumps on 'Brexit' fears
The FTSE 100 Index increased 11.54 points to 6556.91
London stocks end firm but smaller stocks hurt by Brexit as BoE starts a liquidity blitz
London’s FTSE100 index closed firmer after a see-saw session on Tuesday but smaller stocks were hurt as post-Brexit sterling fell 2% and hit a new 1985 low, a gilt auction marked a record-low yield, and the Bank of England pumped emergency
Smaller stocks suffer as economic chaos grows after 'Brexit' vote
The FTSE 250, which contains more UK-focused stocks than the Footsie, fell 418.8 points to 15,697.9
Risers and fallers, including Barratt Developments, Petroneft and Caledonia Mining
A look at some significant share movers on Tuesday. July 5
Fund managers and housing stocks plunge in wake of Standard Life property fund suspension
Investors won’t be able to buy or sell units in the fund until further notice. The managers are looking to raise cash by selling off some of the portfolio.
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FTSE 100 opens 17 points down
The FTSE 100 didn't get off to a great start this morning.
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Brokers bearish on Aviva and Direct Line
Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank were bearish on insurance and savings groups on Wednesday as the markets continue to react to last week’s Brexit vote
FTSE 100 takes a tumble as Brexit fears grow
Having held its own for most of the week, the top shares index finished down on the week, laid low by fears over a UK exit from the European Union
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Fretful Friday for Footsie
All but two of the top-share index's constituents were in the red
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Lonmin PLC not out of the woods yet, brokers agree
Also covered: car insurers, Standard Life, Taylor Woodrow and a possible change of financial advisor for Caledonia Mining's chairman
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FTSE100 closes lower as traders weigh US inflation data
Britain's blue chip benchmark closed lower as US shares went downhill after the release of inflation data and the price of crude fell again.
FTSE 100 reverses course as Brexit nervousness grows
The top-share index had a brief look above 6,000 before heading south
Standard Life ups payout despite stock market turbulence
Strong inflows into its works and pensions division were helped by the move to auto-enrolment of company schemes
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FTSE 100 in cautious advance
Investors checked out of hotels group Millennium & Copthorne but bought into Hellenic bottler Coca-Cola HBC
FTSE 100 set for modest gains
The FTSE 100 is set to edge higher at the outset despite a weak showing this morning in Asia
Friday's agenda - Standard Life throws spotlight on savings sector
Standard Life, the near 200 year old investment bank and insurer, closes out the week with full year numbers....
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Aggreko shares a switch-off, reckons Jefferies
The end markets for temporary power giant Aggreko (LON:AGK) remain in dire straits, reckons US heavyweight broker Jefferies.
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Brokers: BHP lowered as Barclays sees no mining let up
Also Whitbread, BT, Standard Life, McCarthy & Stone and Booker
Royal Dutch Shell wields axe to get BG deal through
Shell said the break-even price per barrel for the deal was in the low US$60s
Shell presses ahead with BG tie-up despite oil fears
Shell is going to London's High Court for consent to hold shareholder meetings to approve the deal
Wednesday's agenda - Lloyds is first big bank to report
Lloyds (LON:LLOY) gets the banking reporting ball rolling on Wednesday as it is the first of three of the 'big four' reporting this week.
Broker spotlight: Optimism cooling on financial sector
Banking results season is imminent, prompting a few brokers to take stock.
Standard Life to feel pain from pensions shake-up
The Scots insurer said impact of sweeping changes to the long term savings industry announced in the 2014 Budget are set to have impact on the finances going forward.
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FTSE 100 reduces losses after Greek shock
It's been a bad few days for travel companies, with the terrorist attack in Tunisia last week and the prospect of holidaymakers in Greece running out of cash.
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Most followed: Debenhams, Eckoh, IKEA, Netcall, Standard Life
By 'eck ... two telephone software specialists are mulling joining forces. By IKEA ... the Swedish flat-pack furniture specialist is considering setting up camp on the UK high street.
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Broker Spotlight – Carnival, SKY, Go-Ahead, Bunzl, Standard Life, Gemfields...
It’ll soon be time for summer holidays, but first City brokers handed out a upgrades in the travel and leisure sector.
Broker Spotlight – Carnival, SKY, Go-Ahead, Bunzl, Standard Life, Gemfields...
It’ll soon be time for summer holidays, but first City brokers handed out a upgrades in the travel and leisure sector.