[2] In November 2013, Lloyds Banking Group sold Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to Aberdeen Asset Management in a £660m deal.

[8] In 2010 it signed a four-year sponsorship agreement with the Dad Vail Regatta to be title sponsor until 2013, the event's 75th Anniversary.

The agreement has helped to keep the famous college rowing regatta in Philadelphia, the Group's North American headquarters.

[13] In March 2017, Aberdeen Asset Management reached an agreement to merge with Standard Life, in an all-share merger.

[15] The company operated mainly in the United Kingdom but had a growing presence worldwide, particularly Asia, Oceania and the Americas, with over 2,500 staff, across 37 offices in 25 countries.