Aberdeen Asset Management PLC is a publicly owned asset management holding company. The firm provides its services to governments, national pension schemes, listed investment companies, foundations and charities, private banks and discretionary fund managers, and retail clients. Through its subsidiaries, it manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, currency, and property markets across the globe. With real estate investments, the firm invests in properties in the Nordic growth regions. Through its subsidiaries, it employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its equity portfolio. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments. Aberdeen Asset Management PLC was founded in 1983 and is based in Aberdeen, United Kingdom with additional offices across Singapore, Singapore and Boston, Massachusetts.