abrdn Investment Management Limited
Addresses
The contact details this firm has registered with the FCA.
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Principal Place of Business
280 BishopsgateLondonEC2M 4AGUNITED KINGDOM- Phone
- +442074636000
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Complaints Contact
1 George StreetEdinburghMidlothianEH2 2LLUNITED KINGDOM- Phone
- +441313729444
What this firm is allowed to do
The regulated activities the FCA has granted this firm permission to carry out.
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Investment Advice (no pensions)
For Commercial, Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Alternative Debenture, Certificates representing certain security, Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Debenture, Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Government and public security, Life Policy, Non-investment insurance contracts, Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Personal pension scheme, Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rights to or interests in investments (Security), Rolling spot forex contract, Share, Spread Bet, Stakeholder pension scheme, Unit, Warrant
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- · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (security)" and "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based investment)" is limited to the investment types granted for this activity.
- · Limited to investment management activities and in carrying on these activities to the customer types "professional client" and "eligible counterparty".
- · Limited to recognised scheme marketing activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments, "unit" and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment).
- · Limited to unregulated collective investment scheme marketing activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments, "unit" and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment).
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Authorised to Operate
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- · The firm can only agree to carry on the regulated activities specified in this Notice.
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Arranges Investments
For Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Retail (Investment), Alternative Debenture, Certificates representing certain security, Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Debenture, Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Government and public security, Life Policy, Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Personal pension scheme, Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rights to or interests in investments (Security), Rolling spot forex contract, Share, Spread Bet, Stakeholder pension scheme, Unit, Warrant
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- · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (security)" and "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based investment)" is limited to the investment types granted for this activity.
- · Limited to investment management activities and in carrying on these activities to the customer types "professional client" and "eligible counterparty".
- · Limited to sub-underwriting on behalf of a customer and in carrying on such activities to the specified investment type "share", "debenture", "government and public security", "warrant", "certificate representing certain security", "unit" and "right to or interest in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with these specified investments).
- · Limited to dealing-only activities.
- · Limited to recognised scheme marketing activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments, "unit" and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment).
- · Limited to unregulated collective investment scheme marketing activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments, "unit" and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment).
- · Limited to collective investment scheme administration activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investment type "unit" and "rights to or interests in investment - security", when the latter is associated with this specified investment).
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Arranges Asset Safekeeping
For Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Retail (Investment), Alternative Debenture, Certificates representing certain security, Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Debenture, Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Government and public security, Life Policy, Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Personal pension scheme, Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rights to or interests in investments (Security), Rolling spot forex contract, Share, Spread Bet, Stakeholder pension scheme, Unit, Warrant
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- · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (security)" and "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based investment)" is limited to the investment types granted for this activity.
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Insurance Admin
For Commercial, Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Non-investment insurance contracts
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Stockbroking
For Commercial, Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Alternative Debenture, Certificates representing certain security, Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Debenture, Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Government and public security, Life Policy, Non-investment insurance contracts, Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Personal pension scheme, Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rights to or interests in investments (Security), Rolling spot forex contract, Share, Spread Bet, Stakeholder pension scheme, Unit, Warrant
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- · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (security)" and "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based investment)" is limited to the investment types granted for this activity.
- · Limited to investment management activities and in carrying on these activities to the customer types "professional client" and "eligible counterparty".
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Investment Setup
For Commercial, Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Retail (Investment), Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Alternative Debenture, Certificates representing certain security, Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Debenture, Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Government and public security, Life Policy, Non-investment insurance contracts, Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Personal pension scheme, Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rights to or interests in investments (Security), Rolling spot forex contract, Share, Spread Bet, Stakeholder pension scheme, Unit, Warrant
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- · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (security)" and "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based investment)" is limited to the investment types granted for this activity.
- · Limited to investment management activities and in carrying on these activities to the customer types "professional client" and "eligible counterparty".
- · Limited to transaction-only activities.
- · Limited to recognised scheme marketing activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments, "unit" and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment).
- · Limited to unregulated collective investment scheme marketing activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments, "unit" and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment).
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Manages Your Portfolio
For Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Alternative Debenture, Certificates representing certain security, Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Debenture, Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Government and public security, Life Policy, Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Personal pension scheme, Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rights to or interests in investments (Security), Rolling spot forex contract, Share, Spread Bet, Stakeholder pension scheme, Unit, Warrant
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- · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (security)" and "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based investment)" is limited to the investment types granted for this activity.
Approved individuals
Senior staff personally approved by the FCA to hold their roles here.
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John Alistair Brindle
IRN JAB01182
- CF27 Investment Management (1 Dec 2001 to 15 Aug 2002)
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John Brophy
IRN JXB00460
- [FCA CF] Client dealing (since 9 Dec 2019)
- [FCA CF] Manager of certification employee (9 Dec 2019 to 1 Apr 2022)
- [FCA CF] Material risk taker (9 Dec 2019 to 31 Dec 2022)
- [FCA CF] Significant management (9 Dec 2019 to 1 Jan 2024)
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John Cowan Wilson
IRN JCW01086
- CF30 Customer (1 Nov 2007 to 5 Jan 2015)
- CF27 Investment Management (1 Dec 2001 to 31 Oct 2007)
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John Devine
IRN JXD01805
- [FCA CF] Material risk taker (since 2 Aug 2025)
- Director of firm who is not a certification employee or a SMF manager (2 Aug 2025 to 3 Aug 2025)
- SMF7 Group Entity Senior Manager (9 Dec 2019 to 1 Aug 2025)
- CF2 Non Executive Director (1 Oct 2012 to 1 Sep 2016)
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John Dingwall Maxwell
IRN JDM01066
- CF1 Director (21 Jun 2004 to 18 Dec 2006)
- CF27 Investment Management (1 Dec 2001 to 18 Dec 2006)
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John Duggan Bennie
IRN JXB01387
- CF27 Investment Management (1 Dec 2001 to 2 Dec 2005)
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John Francis Hylands
IRN JFH01018
- CF2 Non Executive Director (24 Jan 2002 to 14 Mar 2005)
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John Gregor Hugh Paynter
IRN JGP01034
- CF2 Non Executive Director (1 Dec 2010 to 29 Apr 2015)
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John James Cummins
IRN JJC01046
- CF27 Investment Management (1 Dec 2001 to 24 Aug 2007)
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John Lyons
IRN JXL00112
- [FCA CF] Manager of certification employee (24 Feb 2022 to 30 Jun 2022)
- [FCA CF] Significant management (9 Dec 2019 to 30 Jun 2022)
Recent activity
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