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BUZZ-UK asset managers: Greece turmoil takes toll

** UK asset managers fall between 2 pct to 5 pct in early trading on worries about fund outflows on the back of a sharp deterioration in Greece

** Greece closed its banks and imposed capital controls on Sunday to stem outflows of cash

** Aberdeen Asset Management (Other OTC: ABDNF - news) was down 3.2 pct, Henderson Group (LSE: HGG.L - news) down 4.7 pct, Man Group (LSE: EMG.L - news) down 4 pct, Schroders (LSE: SDR.L - news) shed 2.6 pct, Jupiter Asset Management down 2.7 pct while Ashmore fell 2 pct

** UK FTSE 100 down 2.1 pct

** Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) , citing EPFR data, says Aberdeen saw its largest net outflow this year last week

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** The broker repeated its "buy" call on Man Group on the back on improved performance at its GLG unit

** Greece has less than 48 hours to pay back 1.6 bln euros of IMF loans, and a default would set in train events that could lead to the country's eventual exit from the euro currency bloc (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : aastha.agnihotri.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)