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abrdn plc

Acronym: abrdn

General Information

Identification Code: 28229947613-19
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Entity Form: Public Limited Company
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 1/5/2012
Last Update: 4/16/2024
EP Accredited Number: 2

Mission & Interests

Goals: abrdn is headquartered in Scotland and listed in London, with around 5,000 employees in over 20 locations worldwide. We manage and administer more than €500 billion of assets on behalf of governments, pension funds, insurers, companies, charities, foundations and individuals. Through our management company in Luxembourg, abrdn Investments Luxembourg, our MiFID firm in Dublin with eight branches across the EU, abrdn Investments Ireland Limited, and our German entity, abrdn Investments Deutschland AG, we manage €109 billion of assets on behalf of clients.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Banking and financial services
  • Climate action
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Single market
  • Taxation
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • global
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: abrdn has a long history of engaging with European institutions and contributing to the European policy debate. We are looking forward to the completion of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) and are supportive of the CMU Action Plan, the strategy for financing the transition to a sustainable economy and the Sustainable Finance package. We are actively engaged in ongoing debates on sustainable finance (e.g. SFDR, CSRD, CSDDD, ESG Ratings) and are at the forefront of the implementation of the much-needed EU Taxonomy. We are also supportive of EU-led initiatives (e.g. the International Platform for Sustainable Finance) focused on promoting international alignment of sustainable finance standards.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 1 George Street
Post Code: EH2 2LL
City: Edinburgh
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: 1 George Street
Post Code: EH2 2LL
City: Edinburgh
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 6
Members F T E: 1
Info Members: We have one employee who is responsible for EU policy issues, including engagement with European Commission and Member State representatives. This represents around 50% of their role (the other 50% of their time is on UK issues). There are other abrdn staff members who have an interest in EU policy as part of their wider role (e.g. compliance and engaging with our regulators) but none have a specific remit for engaging with EU institutions on regulatory or legislative matters.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: We are signatories of the Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) and the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAM).
Organisation Members: abrdn is a member of, and engages with, a range of industry groups whose activities may be relevant. Key groups are: the Investment Association (IA), the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), the Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), the City of London Corporation, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), the Competence Centre for the German Funds Industry (BVI) and the Irish Association of Investment Managers (IAIM).