Abrdn Share Discussion Threads

[mcunliffe1] 04/10/2021 15:32

Only a penny to £2.50 Chinese Investor :-)

This company really needs some good press.

[mcunliffe1] 04/10/2021 09:17

Her recent purchase of 53,000 shares is down almost £3000

Is there no bottom to this share?

[cwa1] 30/9/2021 14:03

Solid purchase by the CFO...

[gaygay3] 29/9/2021 18:02

nice to see a bit of a raise today

[gaygay3] 29/9/2021 09:41

ABRDN sell 5% HDFC stake for 268millon to be used for general corporate purposes

[pierre oreilly] 28/9/2021 08:56

You want a better name for adbrn?Well how about a word, instead of unpronounceable jumble of letters? How about Aberdeen?And please stop moaning about others discussing things on discussion boards.The share price is a function of many factors, one of which is confidence in the directors to make decent decisions. That confidence has been knocked a little over this name nonsense. And confidence the directors won't be taken for an expensive ride by 'image consultants' and the like.

[spud] 25/9/2021 20:12

Mooning? I did that once in Uppingham at the Falcon Hotel. I'm not proud about it but I had consumed large amounts of alcohol. spud

[svend2] 25/9/2021 19:52

RyeSloan > you are SpotOn Bird dealt with the issue at hand. So far I have never seen anyone come up with a better name or solution instead of just mooning about the name change quite comical actually but I do agree the near 14 % decline in the share price is not encouraging however hopefully the far east shall be adding & bringing in good revenue the oncoming years.

[gaygay3] 25/9/2021 10:47

ABRDN down 13.68% in the last 6months not going in the right direction

[ryesloan] 23/9/2021 10:31

The use of the Standard Life brand was snookered as soon as they sold the life assurance arm with that name to Phoenix. Bird at least recognised that and took action.The company was operating with a number of brands that made little sense to even the company no matter the public who had no idea who was behind the name Standard Life anymore. That had to change.

[pierre oreilly] 23/9/2021 10:14

eh? I thought i'd already explained i wasn't talking about the female board members.? wtf?

My personal view was that the standard life brand was very well known and had a good reputation, and should have been kept. It's change for change's sake, someone making out they're doing something useful when they are being taken for an expensive ride by 'image consultants' and the like, generating work at 4k per day per bum on seat.

(Just to keep you happy, it could be male bums on seats, or female bums on seats, or indeed, they bums on seats).

[ryesloan] 23/9/2021 08:36

My point was that your comment about the 'old men' missed the fact that the board has substantial female representation.Anyway what do you think they should have done? Muddled on with 6 different brands or whatever than no one understood? Kept using a brand that was essentially under the control of Phoenix? How would any of that helped?

[pierre oreilly] 23/9/2021 08:22

Only the men? Abrdn board has 6 women on it as well does it not?

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Rye, I suppose it does, but what's your point?

I was talking about old men's actions.

Well, it's good to hear that at least one person supports the madness of adbrn (thanks for pointing out the spelling mistake of the new name btw, damn, just done it again).

[chinese investor] 23/9/2021 07:28

45p To 300p !

[ryesloan] 23/9/2021 07:27

Only the men? Abrdn board has 6 women on it as well does it not?People need to get over the spelling of the name. The brands had become totally confused, particularly the use of the name Standard Life. So a single unified brand was essential. Personally I'd have liked something totally fresh but the key issue has been addressed at least.

[pierre oreilly] 22/9/2021 09:37

There's nothing more pathetic when old men like abbdn directors, make decisions they think will be seen as 'trendy' or 'cool' by youth.

arbdn is a perfect example. It's just so obviously effin unintelligently cryptic tat, which has probably cost abdrn tens of mill overall. A double whammy with a brilliant brand like standard life getting dumped.

[chinese investor] 22/9/2021 08:11

50p To 300p !

[mcunliffe1] 21/9/2021 20:40

Chinese,
You are astute insofar as my shares were zero cost.
I use that term pointedly as I swapped my supposed part-ownership of a Mutual company for pieces of paper that have offered, so far, an ever smaller piece of a promise.

Tornado, I hold onto mine out of respect for my dad who worked for Standard Life for many years when it had a respected name.

abrdn

This is like an extended airport code. 🤣

[tornado12] 21/9/2021 18:36

The main issues with Abrdn is the lack of clear revenue sustainability and direction over the next years. They have billions in the bank which can help to cover the dividend payments, but medium term this will not change the fortunes here. Couple that with no news between operational updates and you have a share price out of favour. I have made reasonable returns from divi and still in profit from capital invested , but really not sure if long term they are able to grow their EPS and revenues ! They appear as a stagnant prospect currently. Why I have maintained my investment is hard to explain, but so far I’m still invested

[gaygay3] 21/9/2021 17:59

Chinese
you must have free shares or you brought them at a low price

[gaygay3] 21/9/2021 17:47

MCunliffe1

Spot on

[mcunliffe1] 21/9/2021 17:28

Chinese,
The yield is high.
But, if you were to sink £1000 into this share and reap £60 after a year that would be fine if you still also had the £1000 value.
What if that value had dropped to, say, £890?
Bet Bird’s salary will not be cut by 11%
Ok, his bonus may be forfeit - but THAT I wouldn’t bet on.

[chinese investor] 21/9/2021 17:08

Yield is 6% !

[gaygay3] 21/9/2021 16:42

This share is becoming aDOG of a share FTS up over 1% today and ABRDN still in the red financials most in the red today BIRD has got some work to turn this around is it cheap at 2.45p a share I think it is anybody else think it is or is it overvalued

[ryesloan] 21/9/2021 14:30

The concept is a good one...move the disparate brands onto a single brand.There was mass confusion over the sharing of the Standard Life name as well as the different brands under SLA (1875, ASC, ASI etc).The main issue has been the name chosen as I actually like the look of the new brand and the material.