Aberdeen

Aberdeen is preparing to launch the first UK-listed emerging markets smaller companies investment trust in June.

China's property bubble is set to burst this year, triggering a 30% fall in values, Aberdeen's Hugh Young said, echoing last week's warning from Anthony Bolton the sector is overheating.

Head of European high yield at Aberdeen believes low interest rate climate makes income from high-yield bonds more attractive to investors

Aberdeen is renaming its £8m MM Multi Asset Growth fund and broadening its remit to give it more of a total return focus.

Aberdeen Asset Management has stemmed outflows substantially in the last five months following increasing interest in its global and emerging market equity funds.

Aberdeen's multi-manager team has restructured its £95m Constellation fund into a portfolio of 20 equally-weighted best ideas, in a bid to differentiate it from the range's £66m Equity Managed fund.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Aberdeen Asset Management, MFS Investment Management, Barings and Standard & Poor's discussed Emerging Market Debt.

Aberdeen's Paul Reed likes Spanish gaming firm Codere and leading glass and metals packaging supplier Ardagh for their robust earnings and attractive long-term prospects

Fund managers warn Japan could take a short-term hit to GDP following last week's earthquake and tsunami, but they are less concerned about the longer-term impact on the country's fragile economic recovery.

Aberdeen is converting one of its Asian bond funds into a short duration product due to rising demand for the strategy.