Despite (or because of?) the current financial turmoil, derivatives trader IG Group has posted record profits of £163m this year. This is the firm’s second consecutive sector win. Second place ‘investment supermarket’ Hargreaves Lansdown has bucked the market trend to post a 2011 turnover in excess of £200m, and the value of client investments administered by the firm is up £7.1bn to £24.6bn this year. Global asset management company Schroders now has £182.2bn worth of client funds under its sway, and a robustly diverse portfolio. Aberdeen Asset Management CEO Martin Gilbert takes a glass half-full approach: 'Market volatility creates opportunities for long-term investors with a fundamental approach like Aberdeen.'
BMAC 2011 by sector: Speciality & other finance
| QMan | Rank | FS | Rank | QG&S | Rank | AAT | Rank | |
| Aberdeen Asset Management | 6.3 | 6 | 6.6 | 5 | 6.8 | 5 | 6.8 | 5 |
| Ashmore Group | 6.3 | 8 | 6.6 | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 6.9 | 4 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown | 6.6 | 3 | 8.0 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 | 7.5 | 1 |
| IG Group | 8.5 | 1 | 7.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 1 | 7.5 | 1 |
| ICAP | 6.5 | 4 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.4 | 6 | 6.2 | 7 |
| Investec | 6.3 | 5 | 6.2 | 7 | 5.7 | 9 | 5.5 | 9 |
| Man | 5.9 | 9 | 5.5 | 10 | 5.8 | 8 | 6.3 | 6 |
| Provident Financial | 6.7 | 2 | 5.9 | 9 | 6.1 | 7 | 5.8 | 8 |
| Schroders | 6.3 | 6 | 8.1 | 1 | 7.0 | 3 | 7.0 | 3 |
| 3i | 5.3 | 10 | 6.0 | 8 | 5.7 | 9 | 5.2 | 10 |
| 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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| VLTI | Rank | CI | Rank | QMar | Rank | C&ER | Rank | UCA | Rank | TOTAL | Rank | |
| Aberdeen Asset Management | 6.9 | 3 | 6.3 | 5 | 6.3 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | 6.6 | 3 | 58.1 | 4 |
| Ashmore Group | 7.1 | 2 | 6.1 | 6 | 5.4 | 7 | 5.1 | 10 | 5.6 | 8 | 56.1 | 5 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown | 5.4 | 9 | 6.8 | 2 | 6.6 | 3 | 5.5 | 4 | 7.0 | 1 | 60.9 | 2 |
| IG Group | 6.0 | 5 | 7.5 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 | 5.3 | 7 | 6.8 | 2 | 63.8 | 1 |
| ICAP | 6.4 | 4 | 6.4 | 3 | 5.3 | 9 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.8 | 6 | 55.4 | 6 |
| Investec | 5.5 | 8 | 4.3 | 10 | 5.3 | 8 | 5.2 | 9 | 5.3 | 10 | 49.3 | 10 |
| Man | 5.4 | 9 | 6.1 | 6 | 5.6 | 6 | 5.3 | 7 | 5.5 | 9 | 51.3 | 8 |
| Provident Financial | 6.0 | 5 | 6.0 | 8 | 6.1 | 5 | 5.8 | 2 | 5.8 | 6 | 54.2 | 7 |
| Schroders | 7.3 | 1 | 6.4 | 3 | 6.8 | 2 | 5.5 | 4 | 6.2 | 4 | 60.6 | 3 |
| 3i | 5.7 | 7 | 5.5 | 9 | 5.2 | 10 | 5.7 | 3 | 6.0 | 5 | 50.2 | 9 |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 559.8 |
Key |
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| QMan FS QG&S AAT VLTI CI Q Mar C&ER UCA |
Quality of Management Financial Soundness Quality of Goods & Services Ability to Attract, Develop and Retain Top Talent Value as a Long Term Investment Capacity to Innovate Quality of Marketing Community and Environmental Responsibility Use of Corporate Assets |
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