Martin Gilbert

Analysts have expressed concern that the co-chief executive structure proposed by the firms when they announced an 11 billion pound ($13.6 billion) tie-up two weeks ago will be unwieldy.

Aberdeen Asset Management Chief Executive Martin Gilbert said emerging markets continue to be "unloved", in spite of this year's rally, with very few investors putting fresh money to work.

A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief executives at European blue chip companies -- none of them under any obvious pressure to quit -- suggest some of his peers either lack that vigour, or want to channel it elsewhere.

Analysts have expressed concern that the co-chief executive structure proposed by the firms when they announced an 11 billion pound ($13.6 billion) tie-up two weeks ago will be unwieldy.

Aberdeen Asset Management Chief Executive Martin Gilbert said emerging markets continue to be "unloved", in spite of this year's rally, with very few investors putting fresh money to work.

A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief executives at European blue chip companies -- none of them under any obvious pressure to quit -- suggest some of his peers either lack that vigour, or want to channel it elsewhere.