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Martin Gilbert

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Martin Gilbert attempts to woo investors for AssetCo plan

    City veteran is trying to turn around lossmaking Aim-listed vehicle by splitting its shares

    Martin Gilbert, executive chair of AssetCo
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Revolut Ltd
    Revolut chair welcomes London listing overhaul as fintech reports record profits

    UK-based company helped by higher interest rates as it expands customer base

    An illustration of Revolut bank cards
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Fund management
    Martin Gilbert faces investor revolt over governance concerns

    AssetCo is one of the only UK public companies to have an all-male board, Glass Lewis says

    Martin Gilbert
  • Monday, 18 March, 2024
    Martin Gilbert bets on market swing as AssetCo battles losses

    Veteran dealmaker’s consolidator reports £27mn in losses after writing down ETF business

    Martin Gilbert
  • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
    Martin Gilbert exits Abrdn funds’ board over potential conflicts of interest

    Asset manager says it is working with number of clients to resolve historic documentation issues at Luxembourg Sicavs

    Martin Gilbert, founder of Abrdn
  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    AssetCo PLC
    Martin Gilbert’s AssetCo cancels controversial bonus scheme

    Company drops long-term incentive plan after criticism from shareholders

    AssetCo boss Martin Gilbert
  • 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

    Martin Gilbert
  • 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

    Abrdn chief executive Stephen Bird
  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Martin Gilbert’s AssetCo agrees its biggest takeover

    Group buys River and Mercantile in £100m all-share takeover

    Martin Gilbert
  • 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

    Martin Gilbert
  • 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

    Martin Gilbert
  • 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
    The Future of Money
    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

    Martin Gilbert, co-chief executive officer of Standard Life Aberdeen Plc, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Singapore, on Monday, March 4, 2019. Gilbert said job cuts were factored in when the insurance company merged its asset management operations, which Standard Life Aberdeen did to get ahead in anticipation of “tough times” in the industry. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg
  • 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

    Martin Gilbert says his decision to leave SLA is a 'natural progression' after he stepped down as co-chief executive earlier this year
  • 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

    FILE PHOTO: Metro Bank Chairman Vernon Hill poses for a photograph with bank staff at their new branch in Slough, southern England May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh/File Photo
  • 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

    Martin Gilbert says his decision to leave SLA is a 'natural progression' after he stepped down as co-chief executive earlier this year
  • 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

    Martin Gilbert, co-chief executive officer of Standard Life Aberdeen Plc, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in Singapore, on Monday, March 4, 2019. Gilbert said job cuts were factored in when the insurance company merged its asset management operations, which Standard Life Aberdeen did to get ahead in anticipation of “tough times” in the industry. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg
  • 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

    Revolut is set to appoint City veteran Martin Gilbert as its new chairman
  • 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?

    Keith Skeoch: “At a time when the industry is being disrupted, we have positioned ourselves ahead of the game”
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
    Revolut Ltd
    Martin Gilbert set to assume chair of Revolut

    Digital bank aims to strengthen governance and win over investors

    Revolut from press office
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