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Field guide · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Charlotte Square

Scotland's asset-management capital. Baillie Gifford's home.

Edinburgh is the second-largest UK financial centre after London, anchored by long-running asset managers (Baillie Gifford, abrdn, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen, Aegon UK, Royal London Asset Management) and the Royal Bank of Scotland (now NatWest Group). Charlotte Square in the Georgian New Town has historically been the symbolic centre, with St Andrew Square and the West End completing the cluster.

Charlotte Square · Edinburgh, United Kingdom56.0°N 3.2°Wregional hub: London

Origin

Edinburgh's life-assurance industry dates to Standard Life's founding in 1825; Baillie Gifford was founded in 1908. RBS / NatWest Group's Gogarburn campus opened in 2005.

Who works here

Baillie Gifford (Greenside Row)
abrdn (St Andrew Square)
NatWest Group (Gogarburn campus)
Royal London Asset Management, Aegon UK

Landmarks

Charlotte Square
St Andrew Square
RBS / NatWest Gogarburn (head office)
Quartermile development

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