Sponsors

At Aberdeen, asset management is our business.

We operate independently and only manage assets for third parties, allowing us to focus solely on their needs, without conflicts of interest. We now manage £185.8 billionA of third party assets from our offices around the world.

AllianceBernstein is a research-driven investment firm that is global in scope and client-centred in its mission. We believe research excellence is the key to better outcomes, so we’ve built research capabilities with exceptional breadth, depth and focus on innovation, on the buy-side and the sell-side.

Aviva Investors is a global asset management business dedicated to building and providing our clients with focused investment solutions. We are wholly owned by Aviva plc, the world’s sixth- largest insurance group* with assets under management in excess of £250** billion across a range of funds.

Baring Asset Management is an international investment management firm with offices, clients and business lines spanning the world's major markets. We provide investment management services in developed and emerging equity and bond markets on behalf of institutional, intermediary and private individuals worldwide, and have £31.74 billion of assets under management*.

BlackRock is a premier provider of asset management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual clients worldwide. As of 31 March 2011, the firm manages £2.28 trillion across asset classes in separate accounts, mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® exchange-traded funds.

Capital International is a stable, privately owned and well resourced asset management firm.  It is part of the Capital Group Companies, one of the most experienced and successful investment management firms in the world.  Founded in Los Angeles in 1931, Capital has grown to become a global presence in the investment industry with 11 investment offices worldwide including London and Geneva.  We have been managing investments for UK Local Authorities for over 15 years; today we manage just under £5 billion on behalf of 12 of their pension funds.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment is one of the leading active UK pension fund managers. We have been providing investment management services to institutions since 1976 and currently manage over £8 billion* for UK pension funds.

Established in 1988, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is one of the world’s leading asset managers with $717.1 billion in assets under management1 and ranked among the top 10 asset management firms globally2. Our experienced investment teams offer a broad range of competitive products across asset classes, regions and the risk spectrum.

Founded in 1934, Henderson Global Investors is a pure, independent investment manager built around autonomous teams of portfolio managers. All our global resources, infrastructure and distribution are geared towards supporting these teams.

HSBC Global Asset Management is the core global investments solutions provider of the HSBC Group, one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. Through its network of offices in over 20 countries around the world, HSBC Global Asset Management aims to deliver world-class discretionary services to individual investors, charities, trusts and institutions.

The future of investing for the long term, we believe, lies firmly in active management. As a champion of this approach, we look to provide investment expertise across a range of asset classes and markets. By focusing on our traditional strengths, we believe we can add value through our well-established, quality product offering. We aim to deliver outperformance over the long term for our clients based on the disciplined and consistent application of our insights and our transparent investment processes. We do not launch funds to target the latest fads and do not focus on short-term momentum. 

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has over 28 years’ experience managing assets for UK Local Authorities. As at 31 December 2010, we managed £3.0 billion on behalf of 18 UK Local Authority clients. Through our 680 investment professionals based in offices in 41 locations around the world, we have the resources and expertise to offer a wide range of products, from traditional equity, bond and cash investments to alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity and property.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) manages in excess of one quarter of the pension fund assets held by Local Authorities. We have become the largest manager of Local Authority pension assets (managing £34.3 bn* on behalf of 57* clients) through a strong focus and commitment to understanding the developments and issues which impact our Local Authority clients.

MFS is a global investment firm managing equity and fixed-income assets for investors worldwide.

Founded in 1924, MFS established one of the world’s first in-house fundamental research departments in 1932.  Today, MFS has a globally integrated network of research analysts and portfolio managers based in Boston, London, Mexico City, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo that serves as the basis for all investment decisions. The firm’s investment process is based on a culture that emphasises collaboration and teamwork.

Schroders is a leading local authority manager with extensive experience in the management of local authority pension assets developed over 30 years. Schroders manage over £182 billion of assets across a wide range of clients and products.

Standard Life Investments is a premier asset manager with an expanding global reach. Our wide range of investment solutions is backed by our distinctive Focus on Change investment philosophy, disciplined risk management and shared commitment to a culture of investment excellence.

Founded in 1937, T. Rowe Price is an independent global investment management firm with offices in the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

Threadneedle Investments is one of the leading investment managers in the UK. We manage £67 billion* of assets for institutional, intermediary and retail clients, including a wide range of UK local authorities and corporate pension schemes.

UBS Global Asset Management is a large scale asset manager providing a diverse range of traditional, alternative, real estate and infrastructure investment solutions to institutional investors, financial intermediaries and private clients worldwide. Our aim is to deliver consistent, long-term investment results to our clients with distinctive and innovative products and services.