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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff

Mocking the Abrdn name is ‘corporate bullying’, says chief investment officer

Abrdn logo and stacked coins
Abrdn, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen, paid an undisclosed sum to rebranding agency Wolff Olins for its new identity with missing vowels. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

It is a global company with more than two centuries of managing money but for Abrdn jokes in the media about the lack of vowels in its name is no laughing matter.

After changing its name three years ago, an executive at the fund manager formerly known as Standard Life Aberdeen has accused the media of “corporate bullying” that would not be acceptable if the business was a person.

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