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...Martin Gilbert, Aberdeen chief executive, has said there will have to be job losses: Aberdeen estimates the deal will result in savings of £200m. So which asset manager performs best and where?...
...Darius McDermott, managing director at Chelsea Financial Services, says that Aberdeen had been top of its “red zone” list of underperforming funds. But, he added, it was improving....
...Darius McDermott, managing director of Chelsea Financial Services, the fund research group, agrees: “Emerging markets have been very much out of favour and Aberdeen’s style [of value investing] is also out...
...Darius McDermott, managing director of Chelsea Financial Services, the fund research group, believes Mr Gilbert and Hugh Young, Aberdeen’s renowned head of equities, could soon face uncomfortable questions...
...“They will take anything they can get,” said Darius McDermott, managing director at Chelsea Financial Services....
...But Mr Gilbert yesterday moved to quash these rumours, saying: “We would not be prepared to take on debt in these markets.”...
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