Aberdeen

ASIA

Hugh Young is managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, as well as group head of equities and manager of several of Aberdeen's most popular and best performing funds. Here are ten of his golden rules for successful stockpicking, developed over...

CHINA

Francis Brooke, manager of the Troy Income & Growth trust and £780m Troy Trojan Income fund, said his trust is positioning for further mergers following its takeover of two rivals.

Fund selectors have revealed the difficulties in allocating to Asia and emerging markets as some of the most popular retail funds close their doors to new investors.

Aberdeen's multi-asset specialist Mike Turner has outlined three crucial factors which must be aligned to support a sustained equity market rally.

The FTSE 100 has risen in early trading, building on recent gains, but Barclays' share price remains volatile as investors react to CEO Bob Diamond's resignation.

ON ASIA

A variety of asset classes and investment strategies feature in the list of funds with the largest outflows in the first half of the year.

The Bush era tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year could send the US economy back into recession unless Congress intervenes, according to leading commentators.