Aberdeen Investments

Aberdeen Investments has launched the Macro Opportunities Fund, designed to help investors diversify portfolios and navigate increasingly complex market conditions. The strategy is launching with $110m in assets under management and led by Maximilien Macmillan, head of macro investments, multi-asset

Scottish Widows is among the first UK workplace pension providers to put members’ savings into British venture growth companies, through a new fund that will back firms in quantum computing, battery technology and AI-enabled healthcare. The CG Scottish Widows Growth LTAF will invest through IP

Investors are not abandoning sustainability but looking beyond labels to governance, resilience and long-term value, Aberdeen Investments has found in a new report that expects governance to become the dominant ESG differentiator by 2030. The company wrote a report titled 'The Age of Grounded Sustai

A senior Aberdeen Investments director has warned the UK is in “danger” of developing “takeover fatigue” following the “unprecedented scale” of takeover activity in the UK market. Ian Hewett voiced concerns over the lack of discussion around the £1bn takeove

The co-manager of Aberdeen New India Investment Trust and lead manager of the India Fund believes India’s domestic consumption story will continue to underpin economic growth, with rising retail investment and a growing middle class supporting the long-term outlook. James Thom said India could

DigitalBridge and Aberdeen Investments have completed the merger of ZEmobility and VGMobility, creating one of the largest sustainable transportation platforms in Latin America. The merger brings together more than 5,400 buses deployed across Colombia and Chile. ZEmobility, jointly owned by DigitalB

Aberdeen Investments has appointed Caroline Hertrich as head of UK & EMEA  (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) strategy, to support the growth of the firm’s ETF franchise across the UK and EMEA. Hertrich joins from Bloomberg, where she served as Index Sales Le

Shareholders in abrdn Property Income Trust are still waiting for the company to sell its 3.6-acre estate in the Cairngorms, Far Ralia, to finally wind down the company. Aberdeen Investments acquired the estate in 2021 for £7.5m to offset its corporate investment fund's residual carbon emissio

Aberdeen Investments and Standard Life have teamed up  in their first infrastructure debt investment in the EV charging sector with a facility of up to €150 million. Aberdeen will provide €80 million, anchored by Standard Life, as part of an overall facility of up to €150 million

Aberdeen Investments has told Chancellor John Healey the UK risks falling further behind Asia on retail investing unless he acts in October's Budget. Research by the firm found that Japanese households now hold 9% of their wealth in equities and mutual funds outside pensions, compared with just 8% i

Aberdeen Investments has launched a new fund to complement similar existing World, American and European Equity Enhanced Index strategies within its Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV vehicle, which was launched earlier in the year. The fund, abrdn SICAV I - Emerging Markets Equity Enhanced Index Fund, is h

Aberdeen Investments will take a £200 million hit at two of its infrastructure funds following the collapse of UK broadband provider Airband. The firm said its Standard Core Infrastructure II SCSp Fund and Aberdeen Standard Core Infrastructure III SCSp Fund were impacted by the administration.

Aberdeen Investments has proposed to investors combining its abrdn Real Estate Fund (aREF) and the abrdn Real Estate Feeder Fund with the abrdn Global Real Estate Fund (GREF) to create a flagship global hybrid real estate fund with more than £700 million in assets under management. The proposa

Aberdeen Investments has finalised the sale of its stake in aventron Norway to SEB Nordic Energy. The transaction was executed through Aberdeen's SL Capital Infrastructure I fund, with SEB acquiring the holding via its portfolio company, Locus Energy.

Aberdeen Investments has announced the acquisition of six modern residential properties in central Tokyo in partnership with Weave Living. The asset manager teamed up with the Asia-Pacific rental accommodation provider to expand its Japanese real estate footprint betting on the country's digital nom