Aberdeen

Aberdeen Asset Management has moved to make its Infrastructure fund more exposed to emerging market listed companies as part of an overhaul of its offshore range.

Last week's decision by the Swiss National Bank to cap its exchange rate to a minimum of CHF1.20 to the euro will not rescue the Swiss economy, said Jennifer McKeown, senior European economist at Capital Economics.

Major companies favoured by leading European fund managers are facing severe price pressures as the global flight to safety propelled the Swiss franc to new heights today.

Chaos in markets across the globe this week following heavy sell-offs prompted some commentators to warn of a new credit crunch, and left investors desperately seeking safe assets.

ON NORTH AMERICA

Moody's ‘red flag' corporate governance report casts shadow over Chinese companies.

Hugh Young, managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, discusses inflation, the end of QE2, the problem with China equities and reveals his favourite markets in the region

Nick Griffiths, co-head of interest rates and global portfolios at Aberdeen, has been poached by Legal & General Investment Management.

Aberdeen is merging its Global Sterling Corporate Bond fund into its Global World Bond fund due to the small size of the former portfolio.

Mark Gordon-James, senior investment manager at Aberdeen, reveals his top five stockpicks in the EM smaller companies sector.