Aberdeen

Scotland's fund industry is lining up tax and legal specialists ahead of the independence referendum, as some predict continuing uncertainty whatever the result.

Multi-managers feel the pinch

Brazil after the World Cup

Aberdeen Asset Management has seen double the outflows it expected from its funds following completion of the SWIP takeover.

Short-termism can be seen across many sectors of the financial world, but are fund managers becoming too short term in their investment outlook, and how can the industry fight back against this trend?

Former SWIP duo Mark Harries and Simon Wood are to take over the Aberdeen multi-manager range as Aidan Kearney exits and Graham Duce moves to the multi-asset team, Investment Week can reveal.

Henderson UK Absolute Return fund

Fund managers have been feeling the squeeze on pricing this year, with distributors including Hargreaves Lansdown forcing down headline prices on funds as businesses adapt to the new world.

‘The BRIC concept is a distraction’