Aberdeen shakes up UK desk

Youn-Chou Chong has restructured Aberdeen's UK desk to mirror the group's Asian investment process and revamped the group's UK fund range. Aberdeen UK Blue Chip has had its holdings cut back from 85 to 45 and will constitute Aberdeen's flagship UK fund, while its UK Growth portfolio, which Chou has trimmed from 103 positions to 45, will be managed more along institutional lines. Chou, brought in to head up UK equities after performing a similar turnaround task at the group's Australian office, took the reins of Aberdeen's UK Growth, UK Blue Chip and UK Mid Cap funds upon secondment to t...