Products
European Fixed Income
Aberdeen Asset Management is a market-leading practitioner of fixed income investment solutions in the Europe. Our product range encompasses three main strategies:
- a well-established Core strategy which includes the management of traditional government, credit and aggregate portfolios
- a Core Plus strategy targeting higher out performance
- a tailored approach to providing Liability Driven Investment (LDI) solutions
We are able to provide both segregated and pooled offerings across this product range.
European Fixed Income – Core
Historically the Aberdeen Core capability has managed predominantly in the gilt market but with the development of the credit market since the mid-1990s; our core range has evolved to include the management of credit and customised/aggregate UK fixed income portfolios.
These traditional funds have out performance targets up to and including 1% (gross) per annum and constitute over 70% of UK fixed income assets under management.
European Fixed Income – Core Plus
The development of our Core Plus product balances the higher out performance targets with the acceptance of an increased opportunity set. In order to generate out performance we look to add value through an investment universe that potentially includes global credit, global interest rates and currencies, non-investment grade and emerging market securities. Out performance targets are typically 1%+.
A strong derivative capability allows us to separate sources of risk and return within fixed income securities and manage them accordingly.
European Fixed Income – Liability Driven
Aberdeen’s Liability Driven Investment (LDI) approach is designed to help pension funds do two things. The first is to better match their assets with their liabilities, while the second is to close potential funding deficits that may have resulted from historically poor market returns.
Our extensive fixed income and derivative capability allows us to offer innovative, bespoke solutions to match a client’s liability profile.