Mocking our company name is bullying, says Abrdn executive [Yahoo! Finance]
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Peter Branner, Abrdn's chief investment officer, accused the media of being “childish” after ridiculing the fund's decision to drop most of the vowels in its name. The global investment company , which has £495bn of assets under management, changed its name from Standard Life Aberdeen to Abrdn in 2021 as part of a major rebrand. It triggered a wave of mockery in the press, which referred to the company “dropping Es” and developing a case of “irritable vowel syndrome”. Stephen Bird, the company's chief executive, was referred to as Stphn Brd. At the time, the business insisted that changing to Abrdn – pronounced Aberdeen – would create a “modern, agile, digitally enabled brand”. The rebrand replaced five different brand names which had each been operating independently and used a logo designed by Wolff Olins, a key agency behind the 2012 London Olympics. Speaking to Financial News, Mr Branner said: “I understand that corporate bullying to some extent is part of the game wi
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