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Corporate History

Over the past 25 years we have grown both by acquisitions and organically, first in the UK then overseas. Our headquarters remain to this day in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.


2010 Aberdeen completes the acquisition of certain assets and contracts from RBS Asset Management Limited and RBS Asset Management Holdings on 1 Feb 2010.
2009 First closing of Credit Suisse acquisition completed on April 30; final closing completed on June 30.
2008 Aberdeen acquires Goodman Property Investors to help strengthen its position in the UK property market.
On December 31, Aberdeen announced the proposed acquisition of asset management businesses from Credit Suisse.
2007Aberdeen buys Deutsche Asset Management assets as part of expansion plans in Australia. Aberdeen Property Investors expands into Russia, recruiting a team to manage commercial real estate investment in Eastern Europe from an office in St. Petersburg.
Aberdeen acquires Glasgow Investment Managers, adding to its range of closed end funds under management and strengthening it's UK equity capabilities.
Aberdeen acquires certain U.S. fund management businesses from Nationwide Financial Services including a broad cross-section of U.S. mutual funds and variable insurance trusts sub-advisory mandates.
Acquisition of German-based property investment manager DEGI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immobilienfonds mbH ('DEGI') from Dresdner Bank AG. DEGI has a number of property funds offering German, European or global commercial property exposure.
2005Purchase of certain investment businesses from Deutsche Asset Management, principally Deutsche Asset Management Limited, DWS Investments in the UK, Deutsche Asset Management Life & Pensions Limited and Deutsche Asset Management Investment Services Limited.
2003Sale of UK retail unit trusts to New Star. Acquisition of Edinburgh Fund Managers chiefly via issue of new shares, with back to back sale of retail funds to New Star.
2000Purchase of Murray Johnstone (UK), a manager of private equity, international equities and bonds and Equitilink (Australia), a manager of domestic assets and U.S. closed-end high yield funds
Acquisition of Barclays Property Investment (UK) along with Celexa to create Aberdeen Property Investors, a direct property arm.
1998Purchase of investment management arm of Aetna Insurance including Luxembourg-based offshore funds and Hong Kong office. .
1997Change of name to Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. Acquisition of Prolific Financial Management from Scottish Provident, creating UK top-10 unit trust manager.
1996US-based Phoenix Home Life takes 28% share in the company via issue of new shares.
In 2005, Phoenix Companies Inc. disposed of its entire shareholding in Aberdeen.
1992Singapore office set up under Hugh Young and Peter Hames to manage all Asian assets including Japan.
1991Listing of Group on London Stock Exchange as Aberdeen Trust PLC.
1987New teams introduced managing specialist Asian, Emerging Markets and UK smaller company funds.
1983Group formed by management buyout, including current Chief Executive Martin Gilbert, in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.