Aberdeen fires eight fund managers.

From: Financial News | Date: September 25, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Nick Gilbert

Aberdeen Asset Management, whose share price and reputation have been savaged by the split cap investment trust scandal, has fired eight fund managers in what it called "a robust move to put investment process at centre stage".Rumours of firings had swept the market earlier on Wednesday.

Katherine Garrett-Cox, Aberdeen's chief investment officer, announced the departures of Simon Atherton and Neil Cumming and the promotion as head of UK e...

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