Aberdeen Group (LSE:ABDN) reported a 9% year-on-year increase in assets under management and administration to £556.0bn at 31 December 2025, reflecting supportive market conditions and strong growth across its interactive investor platform. Customer numbers at the platform rose 14% to 500,000, while AUMA increased 26% to £97.5bn, supported by £7.3bn of net inflows over the year.
Within the Adviser division, net outflows continued but showed marked improvement, narrowing 44% year on year to £2.2bn. Management attributed the progress to service upgrades, pricing changes and the launch of an Aberdeen SIPP, which are beginning to stabilise performance in the business. The Investments division lifted assets under management to £390.4bn, despite net outflows in the fourth quarter linked to a previously flagged £4.5bn withdrawal from a low-margin quantitative mandate and ongoing insurance run-off.
Looking ahead, Aberdeen Group said adjusted operating profit for full-year 2025 is expected to be in line with market expectations. Management also highlighted encouraging momentum across commodities, fixed income, multi-asset strategies and closed-end funds. Recent developments include a mandate win with the Stagecoach Group Pension Scheme and an agreement to assume £1.5bn of US closed-end fund assets, both of which support the group’s ambition to build a leading UK-focused wealth and investments franchise.
Overall, the update reinforces confidence in the company’s strategy and its ability to meet profitability and capital generation targets in 2026. Strong asset growth, an improving flow profile and an attractive valuation underpin a constructive outlook, supported by a solid balance sheet and improving cash flow dynamics.
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Aberdeen Group plc is a UK-based wealth and investments group operating across three core divisions: interactive investor, an online investment platform; Adviser, which provides wealth management services to financial advisers and their clients; and Investments, which manages assets for institutional, retail wealth and insurance partners. The group is focused on expanding its UK retail and advised customer base while maintaining a global institutional and insurance asset management presence, with strengths spanning platforms, pension solutions and commodity exchange-traded funds.
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