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abrdn Group's Murray International Trust Plc has released its interim results, reporting a net asset value total return of 3.8% for H1 2022.  The £1.77 billion fund focuses on long term growth in dividends and capital ahead of inflation by investing principally in global equities.

Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford released annual results for its US Growth Trust, which has £785 million AUM, showing a -45% return over the past financial year.

Glasgow firm N4 Partners (N4) has announced the appointment of Gordon Merrylees, the former managing director of Entrepreneurship for NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank, as the firm readies itself for the launch of a new investment fund targeting entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses based in the UK. I

Fund manager abrdn has posted a £320 million pre-tax loss in its 2022 interim results, down from a £113m profit for the same period last year. The loss is attributed to global economic instability with fee based revenue falling 8% to £696m and adjusted operating profit 28% low

Alliance Trust has published its 2022 Interim Report and announced its second interim dividend for 2022. Despite the share price contracting from 1032p as at 31 December 2021 to 904p as at 30 June 2021, the trust reports steady performance for these market conditions and has decided to increase

abrdn has announced the conversion of three further equity funds to Article 8 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). This includes its flagship Asia Pacific Equity Fund (to be renamed as Asia Pacific Sustainable Equity Fund), which has $2 billion (£1.67bn) AUM making it on