Financial Services
Asset Management & Servicing
Asset management
Edinburgh is a global hub for asset management, with around 6,000 people working in the sector. abrdn - one of the world's largest asset managers, with over £500 billion of assets under management (AUM) - has its global headquarters in Edinburgh, as do Baillie Gifford (over $480 billion of AUM), Walter Scott & Partners (over $70 billion USD of AUM), Artemis Fund Managers (over £29 billion of AUM), and Martin Currie (over £16 billion of AUM).
BlackRock, the world's largest fund manager, has an office in Edinburgh employing hundreds of people in functions including portfolio management, client operations, and risk analytics. Other major asset managers with a presence in Edinburgh include Aegon Asset Management, BMO Global Asset Management, Cazenove Capital (Schroders), First State Investments, Franklin Templeton, M&G, Nikko Asset Management, Quilter Cheviot, Rathbone Asset Managers, and SYZ Asset Management.
We now have almost full front to back coverage here, from portfolio management, through operations, accounting, finance and HR, with a large and growing data and tech presence.
– Scott Walker, Managing Director - Global Head of Institutional Accounting & Fund Oversight, BlackRock
Edinburgh is also home to numerous other homegrown asset managers including Amati Global Investors, Cameron Hume, Cornelian Asset Managers, Edinburgh Partners, Kennox, and Murray Asset Management, along with a large number of wealth management and private banking firms.
Specialist suppliers in Edinburgh include Orca (which provides management, advisory, and research services to institutional investors involved in direct lending) and Substantive Research (which provides research tools for asset managers). Fintech companies in Edinburgh active in the asset management sector include the Swiss company Tindeco (the developer of the VISION CORE Technologies investment management platform and other products for asset managers) and the American company Abacus Group (a provider of IT solutions for alterative investment firms).
Asset servicing
Edinburgh is also a hub for asset servicing. BNY Mellon, Citi, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and State Street all have major asset servicing centres in the city providing services including fund accounting, custody, financial reporting, and investor services, while the financial administration company Computershare has its Global Technology Centre in Edinburgh. Other major firms with a presence in the city include the advisory and fund administration firm Maitland, which has an office in Edinburgh focused on providing services to investment trusts, and the execution-only stockbroker Stocktrade (Alliance Trust).
Given its importance as a regional financial centre, Edinburgh presented itself as a logical next step in our ambitious global growth programme.
– Steve Georgala, Chief Executive, Maitland
Companies with a base in Edinburgh include Multrees (a provider of custody, investment administration, and technological services), FNZ (a provider of outsourced wealth management services including investment administration, trade execution, settlement, and client management), and wrap platform provider Nucleus (James Hay Partnership).
Our commitment to Scotland is unwavering. The business has thrived here over the last decade-and-a-half, thanks to the combination of talent, customers and infrastructure we have been able to access, and Scotland will be central to the next phase of our global growth over the next 15 years and beyond.
– Adrian Durham, Chief Executive, FNZ
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