Aberdeen Standard Investments partners with J.P. Morgan for equity income launch

Aims to combine income and capital appreciation with limited volatility

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has collaborated with J.P. Morgan Mansart Management for the launch of a European equity income fund.

The Defensive European Equity Income fund, which will incorporate ASI's active management approach, aims to provide income and capital appreciation over the long term, while reducing volatility and drawdown. 'This goes further than most of us thought it would': ECB to introduce measures to boost stunted eurozone J.P. Morgan Mansart, which is part of the group's corporate investment bank, will provide the fund with a "collar" overlay to provide systematic risk reduction. Launching with €100m (£86m) in assets, the UCITS fund will invest primarily in European (ex-UK) companies with hi...