Aberdeen Asset Management

Peter Elston, former head of Asia Pacific strategy and asset allocation at Aberdeen Asset Management, has joined Seneca Investment Managers as global investment strategist.

Henderson Global Investors is seeking to revamp its "lacklustre" emerging markets range, with plans to strengthen the team and launch additional mandates.

Sharp falls in Hong Kong-listed shares mean investors are now increasing their exposure to China via this route, even as the onshore market opens up further to foreign investment.

Aberdeen Asset Management's purchase of SWIP has landed it with the largest number of products in Chelsea Financial Services' latest underperforming fund rankings - but it has avoided inclusion in the firm's 'DropZone' list.

Aberdeen Asset Management is launching a China A-Share fund after being granted its first Chinese RQFII licence.

Aberdeen Asset Management today said outflows from its business had slowed significantly following a sustained period of redemptions, with the group also seeing better than expected flows from recent acquisition SWIP.

Fund rationalisation may be coming to an end after a few years of groups actively cutting their product ranges, according to Fitch Ratings.

Aberdeen Asset Management is set to cut fees on two of its offshore short-term bond funds, Investment Week can reveal.

An index of 14 Scottish companies labelled the 'Scotsie' has performed broadly in line with the FTSE 100 and FTSE 350 indices so far this year, despite increasing signs there could be a 'yes' vote on independence later this week.

Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, has given the 'yes' vote on Scottish independence a boost after claiming the country can make a great success of going it alone.