Diversified Growth Funds
The launch of many diversified growth funds over the last several years has been a response to the perceived failings of what are known as traditional balanced funds.
View ArticleAberdeen Diversified Growth Fund
Given the extreme levels of uncertainty and volatility, what is your outlook for markets and global recovery? The global economy has weakened since the spring, with the euro area in recession and...
View ArticleThe Diversified Growth Fund market
The diversified growth fund (DGF) market is rapidly evolving and expanding. This white paper examines some of the key trends in DGF development and identifies what those trends mean for pension fund...
View ArticlePension Intelligence
Aberdeen's latest Pensions Intelligence white paper is an update of our 2009 paper exploring how pension scheme trustees are approaching the difficult decisions in negotiating scheme funding with their...
View ArticleEmerging Market Debt – a blended approach
As emerging economies expand, governments and companies alike are looking to domestic and international capital markets to finance growth. This buoyant market segment presents skilled fixed income...
View ArticleGoing global - investing in global equities
Globalisation was entirely anticipated, yet its pace was not. Accelerated by outsourcing and technological innovation (not least the rise of the internet), few could have foreseen how rapidly the...
View ArticleHugh Young's Ten Golden Rules of Equity Investing
The process of Aberdeen's Asia Pacific fund manager Hugh Young has stood the test of time. Here he shares some of his secrets, with the help of business cartoonist Fran Orford.
View ArticleEmerging Market Debt – a blended approach
As emerging economies expand, governments and companies alike are looking to domestic and international capital markets to finance growth. This buoyant market segment presents skilled fixed income...
View ArticleEmerging Market Debt: Accessing some of the world’s most dynamic growth...
As emerging economies expand, governments and companies alike are looking to domestic and international capital markets to finance growth. This buoyant market segment presents skilled fixed income...
View ArticleExpert view: Steven Nicholls explains the pull of emerging markets
It is always pleasurable to receive an unexpected gift, such as finding a £20 note in the pocket of a suit you rarely wear. We find investors often have the same satisfaction when reviewing emerging...
View ArticleLooking to the future: Building a fund of hedge funds business
European funds of hedge funds (FoHFs) could be forgiven for feeling besieged. Building a fund of hedge funds business in a constantly changing environment is a challenge for Aberdeen’s Andrew...
View ArticleSeparating fact from fiction: The case for emerging market debt
This article looks at emerging fixed income markets, which are supported by better fundamentals than many developed markets, and explains how this growing asset class continues to offer very attractive...
View ArticleHow hedge funds fit into institutional portfolios: Return profiles and...
Hedge fund assets are close to pre-crisis highs and many funds are again earning performance fees. Aberdeen's Christian Howells examines the evolution of the industry, looking at different strategies,...
View ArticleThe case for emerging market debt
In this article, Steven Nicholls outlines Aberdeen’s approach to investing in emerging market debt. The article studies: the broad case for investing in emerging market debt; factors that could upset...
View ArticleSingle vs multi-strategy hedge funds
In this interview, Andrew McCaffery discusses Global Head of Hedge Funds. It now seems widely agreed by institutional investors that exposure to hedge funds can provide portfolio diversification and...
View ArticleFrontier Market Bonds: The next generation of emerging markets
Investor interest in Frontier Markets has been increasing over the past several years as investors seek to diversify into the new sub-set of emerging markets.
View ArticleIs the world ready for central bank cold turkey?
The merest hint of tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed) has sent financial markets into a tailspin, particularly in the emerging world.
View ArticleAberdeen Diversified Growth Fund- Fund Manager Interview
In this interview, Mike Turner discusses the market outlook, and Aberdeen’s Diversified Growth Fund.
View ArticleWhere is the growth in diversified growth?
This insight by Mark Parry, Senior Investment Manager, Aberdeen Asset Management looks at the many diversified growth funds (DGFs) which have launched over the last few years in a response to the...
View ArticleEurope is Emerging – from the East
Understandably, the vast majority of the rhetoric surrounding the future of Europe focuses on the Eurozone, and therefore largely Western Europe. However, following the collapse of the Berlin wall in...
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