Standard Life Investments

  • SLI to reopen UK Real Estate Fund next month

    SLI to reopen UK Real Estate Fund next month

    Standard Life Investments has announced it will reopen the suspended UK Real Estate Fund and associated feeder fund from 12 noon on Monday 17 October.

  • SLI takes stand against Sports Direct board

    SLI takes stand against Sports Direct board

    Standard Life Investments has become the latest asset manager to take a stand against the board of troubled retailer Sports Direct.

  • Yield sustainability is becoming more significant – SLI

    Yield sustainability is becoming more significant – SLI

    Sustainable yield remains a key investment theme, and the sustainability of that yield is becoming more significant, according to Standard Life Investments.

  • Standard Life shares rise but GARS sees outflows

    Standard Life shares rise but GARS sees outflows

    Standard Life shares were trading 4.4% higher at 332.6p despite Standard Life Investments’ highly popular Global Absolute Return Strategies fund reportedly seeing its first quarterly outflows.

  • SLI launches US equity income fund

    SLI launches US equity income fund

    Standard Life Investments announced Thursday the launch of its American Equity Income OEIC, aimed at UK retail investors.

  • Kames signs up SLI’s European high yield head

    Kames signs up SLI’s European high yield head

    Kames Capital has hired David Ennett to lead its high yield team.

  • SLI reshuffles credit team as Ennett departs

    SLI reshuffles credit team as Ennett departs

    Standard Life Investments has made changes to its global credit team following the resignation of its head of European high yield David Ennett.

  • Small caps, big benefits

    Small caps, big benefits

    The ‘smaller company paradox’ says that over the longer term, smaller company returns have outstripped those of their large-cap peers – but looking ahead this should be seen as a structural longer-term trend, not a short-term anomaly

  • SLI weighs up global recession prospects

    SLI weighs up global recession prospects

    While economic fundamentals seem solid, alarm bells are ringing in financial markets, according to Jeremy Lawson, chief economist at Standard Life Investments (SLI).

  • Expand your mind

    Expand your mind

    Following the global financial crisis, interest rates and bond yields saw investors broaden their demand for income by increasingly turning to equities – yet these same investors are reticent to broaden their equity search beyond their domestic market.

  • The freedom to perform

    The freedom to perform

    Equity investors want to have their cake and eat it, demanding ever-more sophistication from an increasingly selective list of funds, which gives unconstrained investing greater prominence in their hunt for the best possible risk-adjusted returns.

  • SLI: China’s higher fiscal target to dent growth

    SLI: China’s higher fiscal target to dent growth

    While there is little room for significant increase following last year’s fiscal expansion, monetary policy will continue to play a part in China.