Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Wednesday 29 July 2026. Aberdeen Adviser outflows rise to £1.3bnAberdeen’s CEO Jason Windsor said the group was “impatient to go further” after its Adviser business recorded £1.3bn of net outflows during the first half of 2026. SJP cuts ongoing-advice provision to £110mSt James’s Place (SJP) has reduced its provision for its historic ongoing-service evidence review to £110m as it approaches the final stages of the exercise. SJP expects to complete the review during 2026 and will return the £82.8m post-tax value of the provision release to shareholders through an additional share buyback. 70% say deploying AI has sharpened their focus on data management.