Aberdeen Standard Investments

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed Manuela Fumarola as ESG manager to its private markets and real estate team. In her role, Ms Fumarola is responsible for developing, embedding and overseeing an ESG strategy for private markets investments, including private equity, infrastructure an

Ben Ritchie, head of European equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments, discusses the growing investment opportunities available in Europe and provides an outlook for 2021. For many years the narrative on Europe as an investment region has been a tale of caution. The perception of the continent bei

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed Edward Glossop as its new emerging markets economist. As part of the ASI Research Institute (ASIRI), Mr Glossop will work alongside a team of economists and researchers to deliver macro insights into ASI’s investment teams to help inform portfo

Kristy Fong, investment director of Aberdeen New India Investment Trust, the £360 million investment trust managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), discusses the investment potential of the Indian economy. Not new to crises, India has shown resilience in such challenging times. Its econ

The board of the Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020 in what the firm has labelled an "extremely challenging year". The trust's board said the £70 million trust had d

Murray International Trust Plc, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, has posted positive annual results despite the economic upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic. The company's net asset value (NAV) posted a total return of 0.9%, although this is down from 12.4% in 2019. However, the fir

Harry Nimmo, investment leader, smaller companies at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), discusses why active investing outperforms passive. There are 172 actively managed funds with a track record over a 10 year period with combined assets under management (AUM) of around £156 billion. 73 (4

Chern-Yeh Kwok, manager of the Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust, which is run by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), discusses the real value in Japanese markets, but how it is often overlooked by investors. In the rush to capitalise on China’s rapid growth, investors have often neglected Asia

Aberdeen Standard Investments' (ASI) Research Institute has launched a new research paper discussing ways to increase female labour-force participation in the workplace. The research paper, ‘A Women’s Place; Boosting female labour-force participation to lift long-term economic growth&rsq

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched the Multi-Asset Climate Solutions (MACS) Fund in partnership with The Big Issue Group. The fund is designed for those who want to invest in companies whose products and services play a decisive role in mitigating climate change and building a more sus

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has promoted Katie Trowsdale to head of multi-manager strategies, the fund of fund arm of its Multi Asset Solutions business. Ms Trowsdale will immediately assume overall leadership responsibility for the team who are responsible for the management of approximatel

The Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC, a company managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Publishing its anniversary booklet, the company has explored the broad global question of whether the 21st century will be the Asian Century, the economic impact of this on

Richard Dunbar, head of multi-asset research at Aberdeen Standard Investments, provides the company's 2021 outlook commentary. The prospect of a number of effective vaccines being rolled out through 2021 offers an ‘escape hatch’ out of the pandemic and its economic effects. This leaves u

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched an Emerging Markets Sustainable Development Equity Fund that aims to deliver both an attractive return for investors and a positive societal impact. By leveraging ASI’s extensive research platform and ESG resources, the Fund will invest in Emerg

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) and Tritax Management LLP have announced that ASI will acquire a 60% interest in Tritax to strengthen the combined offering in the growing logistics real estate market. Tritax is a specialist logistics real estate fund manager with assets under managemen