aberdeen takes on first brazil specific mandate
Aberdeen Asset Management is to take on the management of two Credit Suisse funds giving the firm its first foray into Brazil-specific fund management.
Aberdeen Asset Management is to take on the management of two Credit Suisse funds giving the firm its first foray into Brazil-specific fund management.
Dividends are going to be harder to come by in the UK this year, according to Bruce Stout manager of the Murray International Trust, who predicts more cuts and fewer special dividends than in 2011.
Aberdeen has changed the name of its multi-asset and multi-manager arm to Aberdeen Solutions to “better reflect the component strategies” and to appeal to intermediaries’ increased outsourcing of investment decisions.
The news Aberdeen had soft closed its Emerging Markets Fund will have been met by some with dismay. But theres no point mourning an option no longer open to you, so where should you invest EM capital instead?
It is not coincidence that the latest round of fund closures have concentrated on emerging market or Asian propositions, but is it down to market concerns or the lack of ability of the majority of fund managers?
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Peter Elston to the newly-created role of head of Asia Pacific strategy & asset allocation.
Aberdeen Asset Management has expanded its investment trust business and further strengthened its presence in Asia with the assumption of two closed-end funds from Blackstone Asia Advisers.
Analysis of funds in the IMAs Asia Pacific ex Japan sector shows a very long list of negative returns for investors during 2011.
Aberdeen Asset Manangement’s chief executive, Martin Gilbert, and managing director of Asia, Hugh Young, have sold over £6m worth of shares in the company.
Aberdeen AM is to merge five of its multi-manager funds into two of its existing propositions.
Mark Parry, former managing director at Close Asset Management, has been appointed senior investment manager on Aberdeen’s multi-asset team.
Aberdeen Asset Management is looking into launching a Global Small Cap Fund, which would be run by its global equities team and headed up by Stephen Docherty.