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Abrdn slashes more than 120 funds in two years as cost pressures bite

Fund closures continue in 2024 after chief executive Stephen Bird takes an axe to FTSE 250 firm’s product range

Abrdn has launched a turnaround plan under chief executive Stephen Bird
Abrdn has launched a turnaround plan under chief executive Stephen Bird Photo: John Keeble/Getty Images

Abrdn has culled more than 120 funds from its product line-up as the FTSE 250 asset manager fights to rein in spending and turn around its fortunes.  

Chief executive Stephen Bird announced in 2022 plans to shutter more than 110 sub-scale or duplicate strategies as part of a push to streamline the flagging firm’s fund range and to slash costs.  

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