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
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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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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