Aberdeen style reshuffle

group to align management philosophy of its underperforming uk funds with its european desk

Aberdeen is seeking to shed its pure growth tag in the UK with a greater emphasis on appropriate style management in the underperforming UK funds taken over by Simon Atherton and Neil Cumming. The change to the group's UK philosophy, bringing it into line with its pragmatic European equity approach, has been cemented by Adrian Fowler's promotion to head of pan-European equities. The shift, driven by Aberdeen chief investment officer Katherine Garrett-Cox, has been accompanied by a move to formalise communications between UK analysts and their European counterparts. Atherton, who has ...