Suspension of ratings of Standard Life Investments Global Index Linked Bond and Short Duration Global Index Linked Bond funds

Following the announcement that one of the co-managers of the above funds, Katie Forbes, has moved from the real returns team to the multi asset team at Aberdeen Standard Investments and will no longer be named as a manager, we have taken the decision to suspend our ratings of the two funds. Fellow co-manager Adam Skerry remains in situ, and Tom Walker, previously an investment analyst on the team, has been promoted to support him. Whilst we take comfort from Mr Skerry's continued presence on the fund, we have suspended our ratings pending a full review with the new management team.