Aberdeen Asset Management is set to buy the remaining stake in its joint venture with SVG Capital, Aberdeen SVG Private Equity.
Global fund managers have warned corporate bonds are the most overvalued they have ever been and are at risk of a sell-off, while liquidity conditions are getting worse.
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Aberdeen Asset Management may be among the bidders for Russell Investment Management, the $260bn asset manager put on the block by London Stock Exchange Group, according to analysts at Numis.
Aberdeen Asset Management's CEO Martin Gilbert has dismissed the option of re-opening the group's soft-closed emerging market equity products, despite continuing outflows from the funds.
Aberdeen Asset Management has suffered £4.8bn of outflows in the three months to the end of December, higher than analyst expectations, as poor emerging market sentiment weighed on its funds.
Aberdeen Asset Management's head of North American equities Paul Atkinson will be leaving the firm at the end of June.
Former Aberdeen UK discretionary sales head Neil Steedman has joined Matthews Asia head of UK business development.
Rob Hudson, currently head of Charles Stanley Direct, is joining Aberdeen Asset Management to develop the group's digital proposition.
Aberdeen CEO Martin Gilbert has said the group is seeking to accompany its ongoing dividend hikes with a share buyback plan despite a "very difficult" year for the company.