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    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      Martin Gilbert exits Abrdn funds’ board over potential conflicts of interest

      Asset manager says it is working with number of clients to resolve historic documentation issues at Luxembourg Sicavs

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      AssetCo PLC
      Martin Gilbert’s AssetCo cancels controversial bonus scheme

      Company drops long-term incentive plan after criticism from shareholders

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      FT Asset Management
      Behind the scenes of Martin Gilbert’s eclectic second act

      Plus, El Salvador’s ‘volcano token’, FTSE 100 leads UK equities and Frank Auerbach in Petworth

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Martin Gilbert’s second act: building a fund manager from the ashes of a firefighting service

      Former chair of Standard Life Aberdeen under pressure to prove critics of new venture wrong

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      News in-depthAbrdn Plc
      Abrdn banks on £1.5bn ‘no brainer’ acquisition of Interactive Investor

      FTSE 100 asset manager suffered after own megamerger but hopes another deal will restore fortunes

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Martin Gilbert’s AssetCo agrees its biggest takeover

      Group buys River and Mercantile in £100m all-share takeover

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      Fund management
      Martin Gilbert battles rival in effort to take over River and Mercantile

      Takeover offers push London asset manager’s shares up 12% as bidding war appears likely

    • Friday, 14 May, 2021
      Martin Gilbert returns to dealmaking fray with Saracen acquisition

      Founder of Aberdeen Asset Management is behind takeover of Edinburgh-based fund manager

    • Friday, 15 January, 2021
      Martin Gilbert: knack of the right place at the right time

      Jet-setting dealmaker’s fellow travellers are just the ticket in the City

    • Monday, 7 December, 2020
      The Future of Money
      Revolut on track for profits as regulators and investors switch focus Premium content

      Chairman Martin Gilbert says cryptocurrency revenue has grown as foreign exchange has shrunk

    • Wednesday, 13 May, 2020
      Abrdn Plc
      Standard Life Aberdeen hit by investor backlash over virtual AGMs

      FTSE 100 asset manager is the first large British company to suffer revolt

    • Friday, 27 March, 2020
      News in-depthCity Insider
      Sharon White mucks in to help Waitrose’s panicky buyers

      John Lewis chair has been spotted restocking shelves in a north London branch

    • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
      Revolut Ltd
      Martin Gilbert to take Revolut chair in January

      Digital bank hires asset management industry veteran in push for better governance

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Martin Gilbert, asset management’s great survivor, bows out

      One of the fund sector’s best-known figures is leaving the industry

    • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Challenger bank Metro decides the Vernon Hill show mustn’t go on

      ‘The PT Barnum of banking’ had created a roadblock to securing new capital

    • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
      FT People: Financial Services
      Martin Gilbert to leave Standard Life Aberdeen next year

      Fund management veteran will not seek re-election as vice-chair in May

    • Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Fevertree’s saturated UK market shows it needs a US tonic

      Drinks maker may find domestic growth slows before international revenue takes off

    • Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
      Martin Gilbert to step down from Standard Life Aberdeen’s board

      One of asset management industry’s best-known executives expected to take on other roles

    • Monday, 15 July, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Fintech Revolut may need greyer grandee than Martin Gilbert

      Digital banking group is raising money but attracting scrutiny from regulators

    • Monday, 15 July, 2019
      FTfm
      Standard Life Aberdeen battles to prove its worth

      Investors have fled but is Keith Skeoch right to say the end of the tunnel is in view?

    • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
      Revolut Ltd
      Martin Gilbert set to assume chair of Revolut

      Digital bank aims to strengthen governance and win over investors

    • Friday, 28 June, 2019
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      Martin Gilbert branches out

      Veteran investor last month popped up on the advisory board of Windhorst’s holding company

    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2019
      News in-depthFT Alphaville
      H2O Asset Management: illiquid love

      The €1.4bn question about a French fund manager’s link to enigmatic financier Lars Windhorst

    • Friday, 15 March, 2019
      News in-depthFTfm
      SLA shake-up fails to appease disgruntled shareholders

      Group’s problems show no sign of abating after controversial co-leadership is axed

    • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Standard Life Aberdeen wants co-pilot Gilbert back on the ground 

      Now that SLA has an actual globe-trotting chairman there is no need for a quasi one

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