Aberdeen

ON EUROPE

Last week Aberdeen held a little party in London to celebrate its 30th anniversary - a remarkable achievement for a company which, at the turn of the century, did not look like it would last another three years, let alone 30.

A lack of further easing from the Japanese authorities coupled with fears over QE in Europe rattled markets today, sending the FTSE 100 to a seven-week low, with asset managers some of the biggest fallers.

London's leading equity index lost ground in afternoon trading, led by asset managers, as encouraging data from the services sector also failed to lift sentiment.

ON JAPAN

We are not even halfway through the year but already one of the big themes emerging for 2013 is the sheer number of prominent funds which have been soft-closed owing to capacity constraints.

Aberdeen Asset Management has completed a deal to buy US asset manager Artio Global Investors for £118.3m ($179.7m)

ETHICAL

CONTRARIAN

Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has launched its second onshore fund, the Loomis Sayles US Leaders fund, with seed money from Aberdeen Asset Management.