Aberdeen co-heads of multi-manager Graham Duce and Aidan Kearney have been building up cash across their MM range on expectations of near-term pressure for equity markets.
Aberdeen has raised £52m for its Latin American Income fund which starts trading on Monday.
Mark Lyttleton has built up short positions in Schroders and Aberdeen in his £2bn BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha fund.
Lagging Japanese equity market proves challenging for Asia Pacific inc Japan funds
Aberdeen has halved the number of stocks in the £52m European Frontiers fund in the year since it bought the vehicle from Credit Suisse.
Aberdeen is preparing to launch a closed-ended Latin American income fund for head of emerging market debt Brett Diment and head of global emerging markets Devan Kaloo.