Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited (Singapore)

Name: Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited
Address: 21 Church Street,#01 01 Capital Square Two, Singapore, 049480
Telephone: 65-63952700

Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited is a large advisory firm based in Singapore. It manages $38.96 billion of regulatory assets for 167 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2018.

Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited is $38.96 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -39% since the beginning of its operation, and $27.01 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $38.96 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $233.28 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 84% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is investment and business development companies, which make up 9% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 3% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Nicholas Philip Hugh Hadow serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Nicholas Philip Hugh Hadow is investment companies with 80 clients and $16.74 billion of assets under management. Among the 6 most similar advisory firms, Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited has the highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $38.86 billion for 166 clients. 81% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited also advises several private funds.

Careers at Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited

The company employs 229 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 27 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Nicholas Philip Hugh Hadow has been acting as President since 1 Mar 2005. Andrew Peter Hendry joined the executive team most recently as the Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Aberdeen Asset Management Plc	Owner	1 Oct 1991	75% - 100%	na
Hugh Young	Managing director	1 May 1992	Other	4492923
Nicholas Philip Hugh Hadow	Director	1 Mar 2005	Other	4927469
Donald Roy Amstad	Director	1 Oct 2007	Other	5427859
Puay Ju Kang	Director	1 Mar 2012	Other	6035470
Ian Robert Macdonald	Director	1 Jul 2013	Other	6209937
Andrew Henson Narracott	Director	1 Oct 2014	Other	6390438
Sock Hwei Lim	Director	1 Feb 2015	Other	6414443
Mei Yi Flavia Cheong	Director	1 Dec 2016	Other	6741548
Ming Wan Terence Lim	Director and chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2017	Other	6764554
Kheng Guet Tay	Director	1 May 2017	Other	6796900
Vance Michael Duigan	Director	1 May 2018	Other	6947121
Andrew Peter Hendry	Director	1 Aug 2019	Other	3173874

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Standard Life Aberdeen Plc	Shareholder	1 Aug 2017	75% - 100%	n/a

Based in Singapore

The principal office where Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited performs its advisory services is located at 21 Church Street,#01 01 Capital Square Two, Singapore, 049480, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 65-63952700 or by fax 65-65357159. The normal business hours are 0900 to 1800 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at aberdeenstandard.com/en/singapore/investor.