Aberdeen

CONJECTURE

Investment Week Conjecture

Aberdeen Asset Management has almost finished transforming listed portfolio Bramdean Alternatives from a hybrid multi-asset class vehicle to one focusing solely on private equity funds.

Top performers say strength of emerging markets over past year has been major contributor to performance

Aberdeen's multi-manager team believes equity markets are due a slow down in the short term after strong rebounds in recent weeks.

Riskier assets will benefit from benign monetary policy in the short term but frequent bouts of investor doubt will increase volatility, Aberdeen's Mike Turner believes.

Historic decision is expected to improve the prospects for many US biotech and pharmaceutical companies

Trust is to diversify away from concentrated UK sectors after 90% of investors voted to allocate non-UK companies

To float or not to float - that is the question.

Markets are more than 90% higher than the low levels seen in March this year, which almost re-tested the lows of October 2008.