Where now for Aberdeen AM as performance starts to turn around?

Sentiment reversal towards emerging markets

Laura Dew
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Aberdeen Asset Management has undoubtedly felt the full force of recent brutal emerging market sell-offs. The firm has suffered 11 consecutive quarters of outflows, with some £30bn pulled from its funds, while its share price plummeted 59% from a peak of 508p in April 2015 to 209p on 11 February 2016.

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