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abrdn Holdings Ltd. engages in the provision of investment management services. The company focuses on financial assets such as equities, fixed income, and alternatives. It also offers solutions including strategy research, asset allocations views, manager selection, portfolio construction, and client portfolio. The company was founded by Martin James Gilbert on March 2, 1983 and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.

Fauchier Partners LLP (Fauchier Partners) is the Great Britain-based specialist alternative investment management subsidiary of The Permal Group Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM) in the US. Established in 1994, the firm is located in London and manages a variety of funds of hedge funds and advises a number of listed closed-end funds of hedge fund vehicles for pension funds, banks, charities, insurance companies, academic institutions, fund management groups and family offices. In 2004, BNP Paribas Asset Management and Fauchier Partners merged their joint venture, BNP Paribas Fauchier Partners, with Fauchier Partners. BNP Paribas Asset Management acquired a 50% economic interest in Fauchier Partners and Fauchier Partners retained management control. Fauchier Partners is the founding co-sponsor of the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at the London Business School (LBS), the first academic center in the world dedicated to the study of the Hedge Fund industry. In 2006 the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at the Singapore Management University was launched.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors provides professional excellence in its membership through education, accreditation, publication, and other services. The non-profit company is based in London, UK, and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. Justin Young has been the CEO of the British company since 2023.

Pre-X Capital Management Ltd. (Pre-X) is an independent fund management firm which was founded by John Blowers in 2005. Based in London, Pre-X arranges investments in growing companies that are 12-18 months away from listing their shares on a stock exchange. The firm provides three key services to investors: the Pre-X Private Client Network, a members-only network for investors who wish to make direct investments in pre-IPO companies; Pre-X Funds, a range of specialist funds enabling investors to invest in a diversified portfolio of unquoted companies; and Pre-X Reporting, an online, post-investment reporting service which enables investors to track the progress of their investments up to a 'liquidity event'.

Part of abrdn Plc, Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Ltd. is a British company that provides asset management services. The private company is based in Lothian, UK.