06/07/2007

‘Global Group Of The Year’ Win For SLI At Investment Week Awards 2007

Global fund manager, Standard Life Investments today celebrates winning the Investment Week Awards 2007 top title - ‘Global Group of the Year’. Designed to recognise and reward strength of performance across a provider’s range of mutual funds, the awards were held last night (Thursday 5th July) at London’s Royal Albert Hall, and were attended by over 1000 investment professionals.

Drawn from a short-list of six fund management groups¹, Standard Life Investments was selected as ‘Global Group of the Year’ by a panel of highly respected investment professionals². Standard Life Investments was also short-listed in four other categories based on the consistent performance of its UK Equity High Income, Select Income, UK Smaller Companies and UK Opportunities funds.

Keith Skeoch, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Life Investments, said:

"Standard Life Investments continues to go from strength to strength. Since our inception in 1998, we have built a successful and growing business, attracting clients from around the world who hear of our reputation for providing innovative investment solutions and strong performance across a wide range of asset classes. We now have clients in 26 countries and extra resource has been allocated to help grow our business in Europe. In addition to the continued success of our core UK Equity, Fixed Income, Cash and Property expertise, we are building a strong track record in ‘category killer’ products - in particular global equities, global bonds, global property and private equity.

"We currently operate and have offices in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong and the USA and have representative offices in France, Germany and South Korea. We also operate in India through a joint venture with HDFC. We share information generated locally and make sure that these local insights connect effectively with and further enhance our investment process. In essence, we continue to diversify our products and develop new markets to meet the changing needs of our clients. Winning this most prestigious award is proof that Standard Life Investments can compete with the very best, not just in the UK but beyond."

¹Global Group of the Year category shortlist of candidates - Invesco Perpetual, Jupiter Unit Trust Managers, M&G Investments, New Star Asset Management and Old Mutual Asset Managers.

²Judging Panel - James Smith, Editor of Investment Week, Julian Marr, Editorial Director of Incisive Media’s Investment Division, Robert Burdett and Gary Potter, soon to head-up Thames River multi-manager division, John Chatfield-Roberts, Director of Jupiter International Group plc, Bambos Hambi, Head of Multi-manager business for Gartmore, John Husselbee, Chief Executive of North.