Standard Life Investments

Standard Life Investments (SLI) and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) are looking to sue Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) over a controversial £12bn cash-call in 2008.

Flows into multi-asset products have been growing consistently in recent months, and multi-asset now constitutes 11% of the UK funds market.

Mixed Investment 20-60% shares was the most popular sector in July for the seventh consecutive month, according to sales data from Cofunds.

Skandia has appointed Standard Life Investments' (SLI's) head of regional client marketing Alistair Campbell as head of investment marketing.

Several new appointments have been made to strengthen the European business team of Standard Life Investments. Dirk Tiemann will be based in Frankfurt as the new investment director for semi-institutional (wholesale) sales in Germany and Austria.

RETIREMENT

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has handed its £52m UK Equity High Alpha fund to UK equity analyst Henry Flockhart, who will replace Ed Legget as lead manager on the fund.

Standard Life has suffered net outflows for its UK retail business, following an 11% rise in redemptions.

Standard Life Investments(SLI) has agreed a deal to become the first ever Worldwide Partner of the prestigious golf Ryder Cup.

Standard Life's Global Absolute Return Strategies fund has dropped out of the top ten highest inflows on Fidelity FundsNetwork, according to data from the platform.