Aberdeen

The election of Shinzō Abe as Japanese prime minister could be the catalyst for the region to outperform after years of flagging returns, prompting asset allocators to review their underweight exposure to the country.

ICYA

Hopes that Aberdeen Asset Management could announce a "significant" dividend hike in its forthcoming annual results have sent the group to the top of the FTSE 100 leaderboard.

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Equity fund flows surged to €1.91bn in September, the first positive monthly figure since February, Morningstar's latest European fund flows data has shown.

Clive Beagles, manager of the £1.3bn JO Hambro Capital Management UK Equity Income fund, is continuing to back UK domestic names, throwing his weight behind unpopular "market laggards" Tesco and Halfords.

Aberdeen's head of emerging market debt has bought into Russian and Indian currencies for the first time, as rising commodity prices and economic reforms boost both investment cases.