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News Release from: Standard Life Bank | Subject: Protection
Edited by the Insidemoneytalk Editorial
Team on 22 October 2007
Standard Life Investments named 'UK
Asset Management Firm of the Year'
It was announced today that Standard Life Investments has won the 'UK Asset Management Firm of the Year' award at the Financial News Awards for Excellence in Institutional Asset Management '07.
Held at the Guildhall in the City of London last night, these awards aim to provide the definitive and authoritative industry view of the performance and strategy of the main players in European institutional asset management industry Keith Skeoch, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Life Investments, said: "Despite being a challenging year for some, 2007 has witnessed Standard Life Investments go from strength to strength"
This article was originally published on Insidemoneytalk on 23 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We have continued to grow our third party assets to the point where they now represent around a third of our entire business".
"Given that we were launched in 1998, this is a tremendous achievement and a large part of this success has been down to our UK business".
""The key to our success in the UK? Performance, process and people.
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We are in the enviable position where we can demonstrate strong performance across the likes of UK equities, UK bonds and UK property, as wells as high levels of client service delivered by our client fund manager teams".
""Our 'Focus on Change' philosophy grew out of our approach to investing in equities and bonds in the UK.
It now provides the backbone to a truly differentiated investment process which is both robust and repeatable across the globe".
"Standard Life Investments Limited, tel".
"+44 131 225 2345, a company registered in Scotland (SC 123321) Registered Office 1 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2LL.
The Standard Life Investments group includes Standard Life Investments (Mutual Funds) Limited, SLTM Limited, Standard Life Investments (Corporate Funds) Limited and SL Capital Partners LLP.
Standard Life Investments Limited acts as Investment Manager for Standard Life Assurance Limited and Standard Life Pension Funds Limited".
"Standard Life Investments may record and monitor telephone calls to help improve customer service".
"All companies are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority".
"www.standardlifeinvestments.com 2007 Standard Life Investments "Perhaps the most underrated element in any successful investment house is its people.
Whether it's manufacturing performance, winning mandates or servicing clients, the clutch of awards we've won in recent months* verifies my belief that we have one of the most talented teams in the UK fund management community".
""I genuinely believe that this combination sets us apart from our competitors and allows us to deliver the kind of products and services which make a real difference to our clients." *Recent UK awards include:'Citywire Team All Stars Asset Group Winner - UK Equities' and 'Citywire Team All Stars Sector Winner - UK All Companies' at the Citywire Team All Stars Awards 20075 Star Award in the Investment Provider and Packager category at the FTAdviser Online Service Awards 2007'Active UK Equity Manager of the Year' title at the Pension and Investment Provider Awards (PIPA) 2007'Investment Manager of the Year' and 'Specialist Manager of the Year (UK Equities)' at the UK Pensions Awards 2007'Best Performing Smaller Companies Fund Award' at the PLC Awards 2007'Best Overall Group Awards' at the Lipper Fund Awards 2007 in the 'Equity Large' and 'UK Equity Large' categories.
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