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  • 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
    FintechFT
    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

  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
    LexFund management
    Standard Life Aberdeen/fund managers: juncture puncture Premium content

    Martin Gilbert is stepping down as co-chief, leaving Keith Skeoch to battle on

  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
    Abrdn Plc
    Martin Gilbert steps down as co-chief of Standard Life Aberdeen

    Keith Skeoch becomes sole CEO of investment group criticised for joint leadership structure

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