Aberdeen Standard unveils short duration credit fund
Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched a global short duration corporate bond fund to counter the effect of rising interest rates on fixed income portfolios.
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Active versus passive performance and fund flows
The numbers behind the worldwide trend in terms of active and passive fund flows are explained by Stephen Andrews, head of UK strategic partnerships at Aberdeen Standard Investments.
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Analysis: Reasons to be cheerful for offshore bonds into UK
As the headlines focus on the twists and turns of the Brexit talks, is there reason to be cheerful about offshore bond sales into the UK, and could there even be a renaissance for this long-standing HM Revenue & Customs-approved tax wrapper?
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Drive out badly behaved, life companies urged
International life companies must help the industry improve by driving out people who are not behaving properly, a senior asset management figure told International Adviser’s Fund Links Forum on Thursday.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Zurich, Aberdeen Standard, Walker Crips
Zurich’s group chief risk officer is to retire next year, with her replacement already identified. One of the insurer’s chief underwriting officers has also confirmed his departure. Aberdeen Standard Investments has named a general manager and senior representative in China, while Walker Crips has confirmed a raft of senior changes as its chief executive plans…
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Aberdeen and SJP top Spot the Dog’s ‘worst of the worst’ list
A report by Bestinvest has named and shamed Aberdeen Asset Management and St James’s Place for running some of the worst-performing equity ‘dog’ funds.
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Ten need-to-know trusts for investors
Hits on the AIC website have soared in recent months, but which investment trusts have been peaking investor interest so far this year?
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Aberdeen launches multi-asset funds in Singapore
Aberdeen Asset Management has launched two multi-asset funds in Singapore, the firm’s first such funds to be offered in the city-state.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Vanguard, Aberdeen, AJ Bell
Vanguard has identified its new chief executive, while Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed a head of Luxembourg and named two heavy-hitting independent non-executive directors to the board of Aberdeen Life. AJ Bell has a new technical director.
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Aberdeen buys Value Partners’ Taiwan fund business
Aberdeen Asset Management has expanded its Taiwan business by fully acquiring Value Partners Concord Asset Management.
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Standard Life and Scottish Widows ‘in merger talks’
Edinburgh life and pension rivals Standard Life and Scottish Widows are reportedly in merger talks, with an agreement potentially following swiftly on the heels of Standard Life’s £11bn deal with Aberdeen Asset Management.
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Standard Life posts £5m loss in Hong Kong amid global job cuts
Standard Life lost £5m (€5.9m, $6.4m) last year from its wholly-owned business in Hong Kong as it confirmed that more than 800 jobs will be lost after it merges with Aberdeen Asset Management.