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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited

Former SEC-registered adviserEdinburgh, CRD 149606SEC 801-70095IAPD
Latest filing Mar 21, 2023
First filing on the tape Mar 30, 2012 · 43 filings
RAUM
$4.2B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
1,613
409 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
2
beyond the principal office
Private funds
4
$596M gross assets
History
43 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$4.2B as of Mar 21, 2023
Mar 30, 2012$3.8B then
HNW client RAUM$0 as of Mar 21, 2023
Mar 30, 2018$0 then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Mar 21, 2023
Mar 30, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)1,613 as of Mar 21, 2023
Mar 27, 2013895 then
Private funds4 as of Mar 21, 2023
Mar 30, 20121 then
RAUM -21% over the last fiscal year-13% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 21, 2023; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$263MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived3 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
-21%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for pooled vehiclesreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
  • marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pooled investment vehicles$4.2B100%
Individual clients
0reported
HNW clients
0reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
16reported
Financial planning clients
n/areported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, performancereported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      7 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
      FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
      Gtaan - Sl LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$985M3Dec 8, 2017
      Standard Life Investments Global Focused Strategies Master Fund Ltdno longer reportedHedge Fund$482M3Aug 29, 2016
      Standard Life Investments Multi Asset Class Fund LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$281M3Mar 27, 2013
      Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies Master Fund LimitedHedge Fund$242M8Mar 30, 2012
      Standard Life Investments European Real Estate Club III LPReal Estate Fund$112M12Mar 30, 2020
      Standard Life Investments European Real Estate Club LPReal Estate Fund$3.0M18Mar 30, 2020
      Standard Life Investments European Real Estate Club II LPReal Estate Fund$2.9M16Mar 30, 2020
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Nmn Anne Breen · Directorcontrol
        since 06/2022 · owns less than 5%
      • Edward Charles Jones · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
        since 01/2022 · owns less than 5%
      • Alan Martin Kwiatkowski · Directorcontrol
        since 09/2016 · owns less than 5%
      • Lindsay Nicholson Neil Machray · Directorcontrol
        since 09/2021 · owns less than 5%
      • George Adam Shanks · Directorcontrol
        since 05/2021 · owns less than 5%
      • Jane Emily Smart · Director And Chief Executivecontrol
        since 11/2021 · owns less than 5%
      Entity owners
      • Abrdn Investment Management Limited · 100% Equity Owner
        direct · owns 75% or more
      • Abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited · 100% Equity Owner
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Abrdn Investment Management Limited
      • Abrdn Plc · 100% Equity Owner
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      • Aberdeen Asset Management (Thailand) Limited
        investment advisern
      • Aberdeen European Infrastructure Gp II Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Aberdeen European Infrastructure Gp III Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Aberdeen European Infrastructure Gp Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Aberdeen Fund Distributors, LLC
        broker-dealern
      • Aberdeen Infrastructure Gp II Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Aberdeen Standard European Infrastructure Gp IV Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Abrdn (Cred II) Gp Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Abrdn (Il Infrastructure Debt) Gp Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Abrdn Alternative Investments Limited
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Asia Limited
        investment advisernRAUM $40B
      • Abrdn Australia Limited
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Brasil Investimentos Ltda
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Canada Limited
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Capital Limited
        investment advisern
      • Patria Capital Partners Llp
        investment adviserbankpooled vehicle sponsornRAUM $3.3B
      • Abrdn Fund Managers Limited
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Hong Kong Limited
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Inc.
        investment adviserbanknRAUM $41B
      • Abrdn Investment Management Limited
        investment adviserpooled vehicle sponsory
      • Abrdn Investments Deutschland Ag
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Investments Ireland Limited
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Investments Limited
        investment adviserbanknRAUM $207B
      • Abrdn Investments Luxembourg Sa
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Islamic Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Japan Limited
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Life And Pensions Limited
        real estaten
      • Abrdn Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
        investment advisern
      • Abrdn Private Equity (Europe) Limited
        investment adviserbankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Abrdn Private Fund Management (Shanghai) Company Limited
        investment advisern
      Advisers that list Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited as a related person
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      • Edinburgh, United Kingdom221 employees
      • London, United Kingdom183 employees
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Accounts · 22 to 16
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Advisory employees · 368 to 409
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Advisory activities · 2 to 1
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Business name · ABERDEEN STANDARD ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED to ABRDN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 20 to 16
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Assets in custody · 241653692.0 to unset
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Custody of client assets · true to false
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Employees · 1,050 to 1,613
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Legal name · ABERDEEN STANDARD ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED to ABRDN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Private funds · 5 to 4
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $5.3B to $4.2B
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $5.2B to $4.2B
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • RAUM · $5.3B to $4.2B
        Nov 29, 2022 to Mar 21, 2023
      • Advisory activities · 3 to 2
        Aug 4, 2022 to Sep 13, 2022
      • Accounts · 18 to 22
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 12 to 20
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • Assets in custody · $255M to $242M
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • Employees · 1,254 to 1,050
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • Other offices · 4 to 2
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.7B to $5.3B
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $2.2B to $5.2B
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • RAUM · $2.7B to $5.3B
        Jan 10, 2022 to Mar 30, 2022
      • Accounts · 20 to 18
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Advisory employees · 428 to 368
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Corporate clients · 3 to 0
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Pension plan clients · 1 to 0
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 13 to 12
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Assets in custody · $1.6B to $255M
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Employees · 1,893 to 1,254
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Other offices · 2 to 4
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Private funds · 6 to 5
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Discretionary RAUM · $6.4B to $2.7B
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Pension RAUM · 85095.0 to unset
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $4.8B to $2.2B
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • RAUM · $6.4B to $2.7B
        Mar 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Business name · STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS (CORPORATE FUNDS) LIMITED to ABERDEEN STANDARD ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED
        Oct 1, 2020 to Feb 12, 2021
      • Legal name · STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS (CORPORATE FUNDS) LIMITED to ABERDEEN STANDARD ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED
        Oct 1, 2020 to Feb 12, 2021
      • Accounts · 24 to 20
        Jan 10, 2020 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Advisory employees · 420 to 428
        Jan 10, 2020 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 15 to 13
        Jan 10, 2020 to Mar 30, 2020
      Signals
      31 dated events
      • Nmn Anne Breen (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Jun 14, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
      • Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited reported RAUM $5.3B, up 98% from $2.7B (2022-01-10 to 2022-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
      • Nmn Paolo Alonzi (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2022-01-06, absent 2022-01-10)
        Jan 10, 2022 · Control person left · inference
      • Colin Barry Fricke (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2021-11-29, absent 2022-01-06)
        Jan 6, 2022 · Control person left · inference
      • Edward Charles Jones (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Jan 6, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
      • Curtis Leon Harrower (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2021-11-29, absent 2022-01-06)
        Jan 6, 2022 · Control person left · inference
      • John Robert Mckillop (Director And Chief Executive) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2021-10-01, absent 2021-11-11)
        Nov 11, 2021 · Control person left · inference
      • Jane Emily Smart (Director And Chief Executive) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Nov 11, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • William Aron Mitchell (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2021-09-28, absent 2021-10-01)
        Oct 1, 2021 · Control person left · inference
      • Lindsay Nicholson Neil Machray (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Oct 1, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • George Adam Shanks (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Jun 10, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • John Robert Mckillop (Director And Chief Executive) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Jun 4, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • Nmn Allison Donaldson (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2021-03-30, absent 2021-06-04)
        Jun 4, 2021 · Control person left · inference
      • Robert Gary Marshall (Director And Chief Executive) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2021-03-30, absent 2021-06-04)
        Jun 4, 2021 · Control person left · inference
      • Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited reported RAUM $2.7B, down 58% from $6.4B (2021-03-02 to 2021-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
      • Colin Barry Fricke (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Mar 2, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • Paolo Alonzi (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Mar 2, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • Curtis Leon Harrower (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Feb 12, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • Lawrence Jeffrey Cotton (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2020-10-01, absent 2021-02-12)
        Feb 12, 2021 · Control person left · inference
      • William Aron Mitchell (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        May 22, 2020 · Control person joined · fact
      • Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited reported RAUM $6.4B, down 34% from $9.7B (2020-01-10 to 2020-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2020 · RAUM change · derived
      • Robert Gary Marshall (Director And Chief Executive) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Jan 10, 2020 · Control person joined · fact
      • Nmn Allison Donaldson (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Dec 18, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      • Lawrence Andrew Simon Mcintyre (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2019-06-28, absent 2019-12-18)
        Dec 18, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Stephen Alan Acheson (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2019-06-28, absent 2019-12-18)
        Dec 18, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Elisabeth Denise Thomas (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2019-06-28, absent 2019-12-18)
        Dec 18, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Na Stephen Campbell (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2019-05-03, absent 2019-06-28)
        Jun 28, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Steven James Watson (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2019-04-18, absent 2019-05-03)
        May 3, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Lawrence Jeffrey Cotton (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited
        Mar 29, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      • Paul Eric Rose (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited (listed 2018-04-02, absent 2019-03-29)
        Mar 29, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      Provenance
      Form ADV
      SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Advisors
      IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Class
      Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026
      Across the graphs

      Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited is the same institution as 1 record in Real Estate Funds.

      Real Estate Funds1

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