Aberdeen suspends trading on £580m UK Property fund and cuts price by 17%

Follows moves by various other property funds

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Aberdeen Asset Management has temporarily suspended trading in its £580m UK Property fund as well as reducing the price of the fund by 17%, joining a number of other groups in making property fund adjustments amid a post-Brexit rush to exit the asset class.

Trading in the fund, and the Aberdeen UK Property Feeder Unit Trust, has been suspended until 7 July at midday in order to allow shareholders who have placed trades have the option to withdraw if they wish. The company said the action has been taken due to rapidly changing commercial property market conditions and to continue to provide liquidity in the fund reflecting those conditions. It added that shareholders wishing to redeem will do so at a reduced price in order to reflect the current market environment and the fact that short term trading in the property market has "relatively...

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