Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus, formerly Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies, aims to generate long-term capital growth by investing in Asian smaller companies with quality growth characteristics and holding these for the long run. The trust returned to form last year with strong relative returns, as its focus on quality was rewarded in rough markets. In 2017 the trust had lagged as lower-quality, more speculative companies were bid up and China, a long-term underweight, outperformed. The manager, H ....
04 Feb 2019
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus - Overview
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Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus - Overview
abrdn Asia Focus plc (AAS:LON) | 270 8.1 1.1% | Mkt Cap: 415.4m
- Published:
04 Feb 2019 -
Author:
William Heathcoat Amory -
Pages:
6
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus, formerly Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies, aims to generate long-term capital growth by investing in Asian smaller companies with quality growth characteristics and holding these for the long run. The trust returned to form last year with strong relative returns, as its focus on quality was rewarded in rough markets. In 2017 the trust had lagged as lower-quality, more speculative companies were bid up and China, a long-term underweight, outperformed. The manager, H ....