abrdn investments CEO Buehlmann: Closing GARS was 'difficult' but it was 'not right anymore'

Now becoming a 'specialist' house

Eve Maddock-Jones
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René Buehlmann, CEO of investments at abrdn, said that merging away the Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) was a "very difficult" decision, but a necessary one because the strategy was no longer fit for purpose in the current market environment.

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