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The information in this site (www.aberdeenadviser.com) is for qualified financial advisers in the United Kingdom ("UK"), Channel Islands or Isle of Man engaged in advising companies or individuals in relation to UK products and offshore products.

Using any of the pages on this site indicates that you accept the terms of this Legal information notice ("Notice"). If you do not accept these terms, please leave the pages of this site immediately. This Notice is issued by Aberdeen Corporate Services Limited.

We may update the terms of this Notice from time to time by updating this page. You should revisit this page regularly to ensure that you have seen and are aware of the current terms, as they are binding on you. Date of last revision 17 May 2023.

Certain provisions in this Notice may be superseded by expressly designated notices or terms located on particular pages of the site. This website describes products and services provided by subsidiaries of the Aberdeen Group and the Phoenix Group.

In this Notice and the pages of this site, any reference to "we", "our" or "us" means any member of the Aberdeen Group (being Aberdeen Group plc and its subsidiaries) unless otherwise indicated.

Standard Life Savings Limited (SC180203), provider of the Wrap Platform, Wrap Personal Portfolio and Wrap ISA is registered in Scotland at 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL; and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. It is a member of Aberdeen Group, which comprises Aberdeen Group plc and its subsidiaries

Elevate Portfolio Services Limited is registered in England (01128611) at 280 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AG and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Phoenix Life Limited, trading as Standard Life, provider of the Onshore Bond for Wrap and the Standard Life Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme, is registered in England and Wales (1016269) at 1 Wythall Green Way, Wythall, Birmingham, B47 6WG; and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority, and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.

Standard Life International dac is the provider of the Wrap International Portfolio Bond, is registered in Dublin, Ireland (408507) and is a designated activity company limited by shares with its registered office at 90 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, D02 F653. Standard Life International dac is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Standard Life International dac is a Category A Insurance Permit holder with the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

Phoenix Life Limited and Standard Life International dac are members of the Phoenix Group (being Phoenix Group Holdings plc and its subsidiaries).

Financial Services Register Reference Numbers:

Standard Life Savings Limited – 188796, Phoenix Life Assurance Limited – 110418.

The Financial Services Register can be found at http://www.fca.org.uk/register.

Aberdeen Group plc (SC286832) and Aberdeen Corporate Services Limited (SC271355) are both registered in Scotland at 1 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2LL. 

Click here for details of Aberdeen’s key client-facing and operational entities in the UK and worldwide (in English).

Phoenix Group Holdings plc is registered in England (11606773) at Juxon House, 100 St Paul’s Churchyard, London, EC4M 8BU. The Phoenix Group VAT number is GB369446510.

While we have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information contained within the pages of this site is accurate, current and complies with relevant UK legislation and regulations as at the date of issue, errors or omissions may occur due to circumstances outside our control.

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We reserve the right to monitor the use and content of e-mails and electronic messages which are sent from and received by us for the purposes of ensuring compliance with our own e-mail policy, and identifying and taking action against unlawful or improper use of, or attacks on, our systems. 

We recommend that you employ reasonable virus detection and protection measures when accessing the pages of this site. We will not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from any attack by a third party on our systems or for any computer virus or other malicious or technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of this site.

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