The latest news in investment offerings, financial products and other services relevant to wealth advisors and their clients.

Aberdeen Investments
Aberdeen Investments, a specialist asset manager, has launched three new funds, incorporating World, American and European Equity Enhanced Index funds within a Luxembourg domiciled SICAV vehicle.

These launches extend from Aberdeen’s World, American and European Equity Enhanced Index OEIC funds bringing the strategy, which combines the benefits of active and passive equity investing, to investors outside the UK.

The funds are available for distribution in Singapore and European countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

"In Singapore, we are seeing a new wave of investors who are more digitally engaged and highly cost-conscious,” Natalie Tan, head of wholesale – South East Asia, Aberdeen Investments, said. “Many of them are accessing markets through online trading platforms, seeking efficient ways to participate in global opportunities without the risks of concentrated bets or the challenges of stock picking. Our new Enhanced Index funds are designed to meet this demand — offering diversified exposure in specific investment universes, while blending the transparency of investing with the potential for incremental returns through a data-led approach. This makes global investing more accessible, resilient, and relevant for the next generation of investors."

Enhanced index portfolios blend active and passive approaches; they aim to outperform benchmarks with diversified exposure to core equity markets, through a quantitative, data-led strategy.

"Demand for cost-effective equity solutions isn’t going away – but it will evolve. Investors in the UK and overseas are increasingly looking for strategies that can capture more of the market’s upside while maintaining the transparency and efficiency they value in passive investing,” John McCareins, chief client officer, Aberdeen Investments, said. “Having run these systematic strategies in the UK for over 10 years, it is the right time to take this heritage to a global market.”

Aberdeen Investments manages about ÂŁ382 billion ($514 billion) on behalf of clients, including insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, independent wealth managers, pension funds, platforms, banks and family offices.

Manulife Investments
Manulife Investments has launched the Manulife Global Fund – Manulife Global Equity Diversified Income Fund (Manulife GEDI Fund in Hong Kong). 

The firm said the fund offers an “equity-based solution” to generate regular income while seeking medium- to long-term capital growth.

Part of the fund’s aim is to provide monthly dividends at a fixed annualised dividend yield of 10 per cent. 

Hang Seng Bank will exclusively distribute the fund in the first three months, from 5 February 2026. After the initial three-month subscription period, which starts on 23 January, the fund will remain accessible to investors.

The fund invests at least 70 per cent of its net assets in global equities, including emerging markets, and combines diversified equity exposure with active income enhancement through options strategies.