abrdn Investment Management Limited
Reference number: 188406
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
280 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When aberdeeninvestments.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7463 6000 is, and the 4 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC2M 4AG
Other names (7)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Aberdeen Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Aberdeen Investments Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Aberdeen Investments Global Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- abrdn Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Standard Life Investments Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Standard Life New Company Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Aberdeen Standard Investments Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (16)
- 01224 606286
- 01224 606288
- 020 3745 2195
- 020 3745 6894
- 020 3745 6897
- 020 3745 6961
- 020 3745 6962
- 020 3769 4550
- 020 7183 2365
- 0333 344 7348
- 0333 344 8061
- 0333 344 8506
- 0333 344 8607
- 0800 802 1840
- 0800 802 1858
- 0800 802 1863
Fake email addresses (10)
- accounts@standardlifebonds.com
- admin@standardlifeinvest.com
- admin@standardlifemgt.com
- d.baxter-cohen@standardlifemgt.com
- info@standardlifeassets.com
- info@standardlifemgt.com
- info@standardlifeportfolio.com
- joseph.hill@standardlifebonds.com
- mark.halliday@standardlifebonds.com
- peter.hughes@standardlifemgt.com
Fake websites (1)
- standardlifebonds.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Standard Life Bonds / Standard Life 29 October 2020
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
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May control money if settlement through a mandate.
The general requirement not to hold or control CLIENT MONEY does not restrict the firm from controlling CLIENT MONEY if it arises from an agreement under which the firm effects settlement through a mandate or otherwise.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- SC123321 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 February 1990 (36 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL
- Nature of business
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- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Bernard Maurice Meyer | Director | Apr 1976 | 6 Jun 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Peter Branner | Director | Apr 1964 | 26 Oct 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Mandy Louise Rawlinson | Director | Apr 1985 | 27 Aug 2025 | 7 other companies |
| Parker Wertz | Director | Jun 1978 | 27 Apr 2026 | 1 other company |
| ABERDEEN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 31 Mar 2020 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 9
- still active
- 8
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 9 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 63 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Abrdn Investment Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
29 November 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Standard Life Investments Limited"
FCA register
2020
29 October 2020
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- Abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2002
4 February 2002
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control money if settlement through a mandate.)
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1998
24 July 1998
- Changed its registered name from "Standard Life New Company"
FCA register
1990
27 February 1990
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Regulated by the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 150 events
- All 150 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 126
Firms connected to abrdn Investment Management
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with abrdn Investment Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (4), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like abrdn Investment Management
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In London
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 150 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- FCA warning: Standard Life Bonds / Standard Life fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk