Aberdeen Investments has launched the Macro Opportunities Fund, designed to help investors diversify portfolios and navigate increasingly complex market conditions.
The strategy is launching with $110m (£82m) in assets under management and is led by Maximilien Macmillan, head of macro investments at the firm.
The fund invests across a range of global opportunities, actively adjusting positions as economic and market conditions change with a diversified approach which aims to provide resilience in challenging markets while capturing emerging opportunities.
The strategy is seeded through allocations from Aberdeen's own multi-asset mandates, as investors navigate a more complex investment landscape and increasingly expect sources of return and diversification beyond traditional portfolio construction approaches.
Mr Macmillan, head of macro investments, multi-asset at Aberdeen Investments, said: "Investors are operating in a market environment shaped by persistent inflation uncertainty, evolving monetary policy and heightened geopolitical risk. These forces are creating a broader range of outcomes across asset classes and increasing the importance of macroeconomic trends in driving investment returns.”
He said the new fund has been designed to help investors navigate that environment.
He added: “By combining portfolio resilience with the ability to take targeted macro positions across global markets, the strategy seeks to provide differentiated sources of return and diversification while maintaining a disciplined approach to risk management."
The strategy draws on Aberdeen's global macro research capabilities and investment expertise, combining fundamental macroeconomic analysis with a structured investment framework designed to identify opportunities across asset classes and market regimes.
While in pooled fund form it will initially be exclusively available to Aberdeen’s own funds, share classes will become available to external investors as the track record develops.
The Macro Opportunities Fund is a daily dealing, Luxembourg domiciled sub-fund of abrdn SICAV I, which allows for access by institutional investors across a number of countries.