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Overview

Aberdeen plc (abrdn) is a UK-focused wealth and investments group whose three businesses are interactive investor, a direct-investing platform; Adviser, which serves financial advisers and their clients; and Investments, an asset manager serving institutional and retail clients and insurance partners. Its services include self-directed and advised investing, digital advice, and asset management across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, real assets and alternative investments.[1]

The company states its purpose as “Enabling our clients to be better investors.” Its investments business has a presence across the UK, EMEA, Asia Pacific and the Americas. As at 30 June 2026, Aberdeen reported over 4,000 employees and £579.4bn in assets under management and administration.[6] [1]

Products & services

abrdn offers investment products and strategies across equities, fixed income and liquidity, multi-asset and quantitative investing, as well as alternatives including real assets, private credit and alternative investment solutions. At 30 June 2026, Investments managed £397.5bn of AUM, comprising £320.5bn in public markets and £77.0bn in alternatives. For H1 2026, asset-class AUM and net operating revenue included equities (£48.9bn; £124m), fixed income and liquidity (£121.7bn; £79m), quantitative (£126.2bn; £14m), real assets (£42.0bn; £88m), and alternative investment solutions (£27.9bn; £31m).[9]

Named products include the MyFolio multi-asset fund range, which offers five risk-targeted ranges and up to five risk levels, with a choice of investment style; MyFolio had £13.5bn closing AUM at 30 June 2026.[10][11] The company also offers the Herald Investment Trust and Herald Worldwide Technology Fund.[12][13]

For financial advisers, Elevate provides access to more than 4,000 funds from over 150 managers and more than 400 discounted shares, alongside General Investment Account, ISA and Pension Investment Account options.[14][15] Wrap offers SIPP, Junior SIPP, Personal Portfolio, ISA, Junior ISA, cash solutions, International Portfolio Bond and Onshore Bond accounts, with investment options including managed portfolios, funds, deposit accounts and structured products.[16][17] Its interactive investor (ii) platform gives retail customers access to accounts including ISAs and SIPPs and to investments such as shares, funds, ETFs, bonds and investment trusts; in H1 2026, ii reported 525,000 customers and £108bn of AUMA.[18] [9]

Geographic presence

At 30 June 2026, abrdn reported £397.5bn of Investments AUM, of which £272.9bn (68.7%) was in the UK, £53.8bn (13.5%) in EMEA, £17.8bn (4.5%) in Asia Pacific and £53.0bn (13.3%) in the Americas. Percentages are calculated from the reported regional amounts. A separate £178.6bn of UK Insurance Partners AUM was also reported; it is not included in the regional Investments AUM total.[7][22]

The company describes a substantial UK wealth and investment presence, alongside international distribution and clients.[23] Its locations information groups offices across Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas and names countries including the UK, UAE, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Brazil and the USA; the company says it operates in more than 25 locations globally.[25][8]

The latest regional employee breakdown located is for 30 June 2025: 4,510 employees globally, comprising 3,688 in the UK (81.7%), 246 in EMEA excluding the UK (5.5%), 366 in Asia Pacific (8.1%) and 210 in the Americas (4.7%). Percentages are calculated from reported headcounts.[26] [7]

Business segments

ABRDN’s official reportable business segments are interactive investor (ii), Adviser and Investments; “Other” is reported separately as a residual category. Interactive investor is a direct-to-consumer investment platform, Adviser is an advised-platform business, and Investments is an asset-management business serving institutional, retail-wealth and insurance-partner markets.[27]

In FY2025, segment shares of adjusted net operating revenue were approximately 25.9% for ii (£330m), 16.1% for Adviser (£205m), 57.9% for Investments (£739m) and 0.2% for Other (£2m), from a group total of £1,276m. Their respective shares of adjusted operating profit were 58.7% (£155m), 32.6% (£86m), 24.2% (£64m) and -15.5% (a £41m loss), from a total of £264m.[27] In H1 2026, the latest reported period, the approximate revenue shares were 27.2% for ii, 16.0% for Adviser, 56.5% for Investments and 0.3% for Other; adjusted operating-profit shares were 55.6%, 27.2%, 25.2% and -7.9%, respectively.[29] [27]

Company history

Standard Life traces its origins to 1825, while Aberdeen’s predecessor was established as Aberdeen Fund Managers in 1983 and became Aberdeen Asset Management in 1997. In 2014, Aberdeen acquired Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, and Standard Life acquired Ignis Asset Management.[30]

On 14 August 2017, Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management merged to form Standard Life Aberdeen, with the combined investment business operating as Aberdeen Standard Investments. The group sold its UK and European insurance business to Phoenix in 2018, shifting its focus toward investment management.[34]

The company adopted the name abrdn plc in July 2021 and acquired the UK investment platform interactive investor in May 2022. In 2023–24 it agreed to sell its discretionary fund management business and completed the sale of its European-headquartered private equity business; in March 2025 it changed its legal name to Aberdeen Group plc. Aberdeen agreed to sell its Financial Planning business in 2025, completing the sale in January 2026.[37] [30]

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