Aberdeen Asset Management

Investment strategists and asset allocation heads have labelled last week's fiscal cliff deal a ‘short-term fix', which could spark a fresh round of sovereign debt downgrades in the coming months.

Aberdeen Asset Management has grown its profits by 15% in the last year despite "difficult and uncertain" market conditions.

Fund managers are boosting exposure to UK-listed asset management firms in their portfolios, seeing them as well-placed to act as a "tremendous play" on the next equity bull run.

As equity markets wane and politicians dither, gold has moved firmly back into the limelight recently, with investor demand for the precious metal sending its price rebounding back near record highs.

A number of leading asset managers have introduced premium prices on popular products and specialist mandates ahead of the move to unbundled pricing next year.

GLG has unveiled RDR-ready unbundled share classes across its UK-domiciled range.

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Aberdeen Asset Management has unveiled unbundled share classes across its fund range in preparation for the onset of Retail Distribution Review (RDR) next year.

Aberdeen Asset Management will launch a global small-cap equities fund for Stephen Docherty in late September.

Aberdeen Asset Management has seen assets under management fall in the second quarter of 2012, after it deliberately curbed inflows into some of its most popular emerging market equity funds.