Aberdeen Asset Management

Aberdeen Asset Management has launched a Latin American equity fund giving schemes the chance to gain exposure to economies such as Brazil, Chile and Mexico.

Active investment managers able to identify strong companies through fundamental analysis outperform their benchmarks by about 120 basis points per year, academic research shows.

Global Pensions, in collaboration with Bursa Malaysia, gathered industry experts to discuss how the country's evolving economy is paving a smoother road for foreign investors

UK/GLOBAL - Aberdeen Asset Management clinched £300m (US$465m) of net new business in the quarter from its global clients and said redemptions have slowed, but total assets under management dropped 3.6%.

More than a third of pension schemes that already invest in property are actively looking to increase their exposure to the asset class, a fund manager says.

Aberdeen has been buying into gilts over the past two weeks on optimism the UK will keep its AAA credit rating and sterling will hold firm.

The Greater Gwent Pension (Torfaen) Pension Scheme has invested £125m in a global equities mandate with Aberdeen Asset Management following a bfinance search.

Aberdeen has acquired £13.5bn of long-only multi-manager and fund of hedge fund assets from RBS Asset Management for £84.7m.

UK - Aberdeen has acquired £13.5bn (US$21.6bn) of long-only multi-manager and fund of hedge fund assets from RBS Asset Management for £84.7m.

UK/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Fund managers have sought to downplay the potential fallout from the Dubai debt crisis on both their holdings and the global economic recovery.