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  • aberdeen inflows still show heavy reliance

    aberdeen inflows still show heavy reliance

    Aberdeen Asset Management saw AUM grow £14.8bn in the six months to the end of March, as a strong showing from its equity products mitigated weaker appetite for its fixed income and multi-asset offerings.

  • aberdeens apac team kept on as nomura dropped

    aberdeens apac team kept on as nomura dropped

    Aberdeen Asset Management’s Asia Pacific team, run by Hugh Young, has been given a vote of confidence by Witan Pacific Investment Trust, while Witan Pacific’s other existing manager, Nomura Asset Management UK, has been dropped.

  • hostile aberdeen bid for alliance trust

    hostile aberdeen bid for alliance trust

    Aberdeen is unlikely to make a hostile bid to run Alliance Trust and if it did would almost certainly fail, according to investment company researcher at Numis Securities, Charles Cade.

  • aberdeen adds us income to its inv trust range

    aberdeen adds us income to its inv trust range

    Aberdeen is to recommend to shareholders that it changes the investment mandate of its Edinburgh US Tracker Trust to allow it to be managed actively and generate income.

  • aberdeen am expands asia pacific credit team

    aberdeen am expands asia pacific credit team

    Aberdeen AM has named Charles Macgregor as its new head of credit research, Asia Pacific.

  • aberdeen takes on first brazil specific mandate

    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.

  • look elsewhere as uk dividend

    look elsewhere as uk dividend

    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 re-brands multi-asset

    aberdeen re-brands multi-asset

    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.

  • top alternatives to aberdeen in gem

    top alternatives to aberdeen in gem

    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?

  • is lack of competition behind GEM fund closures

    is lack of competition behind GEM fund closures

    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 beefs up asia pacific team

    aberdeen beefs up asia pacific team

    Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Peter Elston to the newly-created role of head of Asia Pacific strategy & asset allocation.

  • Aberdeen expands closed-end fund range

    Aberdeen expands closed-end fund range

    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.