Aberdeen

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Aberdeen's global equity fund specialist Bruce Stout, manager of the £1bn Murray International trust, has warned investors should be preparing for a decade of no growth in developed economies.

After a four year hiatus, Vladimir Putin won back the Russian presidency last week. Managers debate the consequences of his victory.

Aberdeen Asset Management is to join the UK's blue chip index in the FTSE 100's quarterly reshuffle, with Hargreaves Lansdown narrowly avoiding demotion.

EMERGING MARKET DEBT

Aberdeen Asset Management has renamed its £24bn alternative investment offering, which includes its multi-manager range, to better reflect strategies within the business.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panelists from Aberdeen Asset Management, Rathbone Unit Trust Management and S&P Capital IQ discussed Multi Asset.

Francis Brooke, manager of the £428m Troy Trojan Income fund, has initiated a position in Aberdeen Asset Management as he believes the company is transforming itself into a "cashflow machine".

Aberdeen Asset Management is moving to limit inflows into its EM fund range, including Devan Kaloo's £6bn Global Emerging Markets Equity and £2.7bn Emerging Markets funds.

Mainstream investors can remember when many of the largest countries in the emerging world experienced bouts of volatility, elevated borrowing costs, currency devaluations, high political risk and episodes of default.