Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited (Boston)

Name: Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited
Address: One Beacon Street, Boston, MA, 02108 3106
Telephone: 617-720-7900

Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited is a large advisory firm based in Boston. It manages $23.61 billion of regulatory assets for 47 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2002 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Delaware, Massachusetts, and New York.

Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited is $23.61 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 46061% since the beginning of its operation, and $23.02 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $23.61 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $502.27 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 50% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-investment grade corporate bonds, which make up 42% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 5% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Norman Keith Skeoch serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, other investment advisers, and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Norman Keith Skeoch is other investment advisers with 2 clients and $22.4 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited has the highest percentage of other investment advisers out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $23.61 billion for 7 clients. 43% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited

The company employs 109 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 47 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Norman Keith Skeoch has been acting as President since 1 Aug 2001. Jeffrey Glenn Morris joined the executive team most recently as the Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Mike Evans	Finance officer	1 Nov 1998	Other	4444114
Michael Everett	Controls and compliance manager	1 Nov 1998	Other	4490476
Michael Evans	Finance officer	1 Nov 1998	Other	4444114
Standard Life Investments Limited	100% equity owner	1 Feb 2001	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Standard Life Investments Ltd.	100% equity owner	1 Feb 2001	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Norman Keith Skeoch	Chairman	1 Aug 2001	Other	4490467
Alexander Maxwell Crombie	Director	1 Aug 2001	Other	4391610
Norman Raschkowan	Director	1 Aug 2001	Other	4490470
Peter Charles Hill	Director	1 Aug 2001	Other	4490471
Lance Richard Leighton Phillips	Director	1 Aug 2001	Other	4490474
Norman Keith Skeoch	Director/chief executive officer	1 Sep 2001	Other	4490467
Mary Brigid English	Director	1 Dec 2001	Other	1271310
Mary Bridget English	Director	1 Dec 2001	Other	1271310
Vincent Joseph Obrien	Company secretary	1 Oct 2003	Other	4759118
Paul Michael Pasquill	Chief executive	1 May 2004	Other	4828178
Michael Everett	Chief compliance officer	1 Oct 2004	Other	4490476
William Howell Perry	Chief executive officer	1 Oct 2005	Other	1901782
Jeffrey Glenn Morris	Director/vice president	1 Oct 2005	Other	2190983
Erin Jilek Spatz	Director/vice president	1 Oct 2005	Other	1530264
Roger Andre Renaud	Director	1 Jan 2006	Other	5112172
Niall Howard	Finance officer	1 Apr 2006	Other	5305462
Standard Life Investments Limited	100% equity owner	1 Apr 2006	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Stephen Weeple	Head of us equities	1 May 2006	Other	5305290
William Howell Perry	Director/managing director	1 Oct 2006	Other	1901782
Colin Richard Walklin	Finance officer	1 Mar 2008	Other	5501557
Colin Martin Clark	Director	1 Mar 2011	Other	6178007
Eric Paul Rose	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2011	Other	5964276
Colin Martin Clark	Director	1 Nov 2011	Other	6178007
John Thomas Boyce	Managing director/head of us distribution	1 May 2012	Other	1625970
John Thomas Boyce	Director / head of us distribution	1 May 2013	Other	1625970
Erlend Nmn Lochen	Director	1 May 2016	Other	6656101
Stephen Weeple	Director	1 May 2016	Other	5305290
Erlend Lochen	Director	1 May 2016	Other	6656101
Stephen Anthony Weeple	Director	1 May 2016	Other	5305290
Christopher Thomas Demetriou	Director	1 Oct 2017	Other	6564801
Beverley (Nmn) Hendry	Director	1 Oct 2017	Other	4375005
Christopher Thomas Demetriou	Director	1 Nov 2017	Other	6564801
Beverley (Nmn) Hendry	Director	1 Nov 2017	Other	4375005
Laura Marie Quinn	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2017	Other	5222830
Jeffrey Glenn Morris	Director	1 Feb 2018	Other	2190983

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 4 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
The Standard Life Assurance Company	100% equity owner	1 Nov 1998	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Standard Life Investments Holdings Limited	100% equity owner	1 Apr 2006	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Standard Life Plc	100% equity owner	1 May 2006	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Standard Life Aberdeen Plc	100% equity owner	1 Aug 2017	75% - 100%	foreign entity

Based in Boston

The principal office where Standard Life Investments (Usa) Limited performs its advisory services is located at One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 3106, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 617-720-7900 or by fax 617-720-7950. The normal business hours are 8:30am - 5:30pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at us.standardlifeinvestments.com.