MERGER MISERY

Standard Life Aberdeen was formed last year in an £11bn merger

The business looks after £646bn of investors’ cash

Joint chief executives Martin Gilbert and Keith Skeoch earned £ 5.6m between them in 2016

Bosses are looking to save £200m a year and slash 800 jobs through the tie-up

But investors have fled the pair since the deal, with £23bn pulled out in the nine months to September 2017

Scottish Widows is now pulling out £109bn – 17pc of its total assets