Ignis Asset Management was an
asset management
Asset management is a systematic approach to the governance and realization of value from the things that a group or entity is responsible for, over their whole life cycles. It may apply both to tangible assets (physical objects such as buildings ...
company with head offices in Glasgow and London. In July 2014, Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited acquired Ignis, formerly Resolution Asset Management, for £390m.
Ignis, which is the Latin word for fire or spark, merged with Axial Investment Management in November 2008.
Ignis' former parent company, The Pearl Group, changed its name to The Phoenix Group in 2010.
In 2011 Ignis introduced a business unit structure covering six areas: Fixed Income, Equities, Real Estate, Advisors (a specialist alternatives fund of funds team), Solutions (Liability Driven Investment,
asset liability management
Asset and liability management (often abbreviated ALM) is the practice of managing financial risks that arise due to mismatches between the assets and liabilities as part of an investment strategy in financial accounting.
ALM sits between risk ...
and related risk mitigation) and Partners (fund management businesses operating in partnership with Ignis).
[Ignis merges multi-manager teams into Ignis Advisers http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/investments/ignis-merges-multi-manager-teams-into-ignis-advisers/1022785.article]
References
External links
Standard Life Investments websiteUK Commercial Property Trust website
Financial services companies of the United Kingdom
Scottish brands
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