Overview
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus (formerly Aberdeen Asian Smaller) tries to maximise total return to shareholders over the long term from a portfolio of smaller quoted companies (with a market capitalisation of up to approximately US$1 billion at time of investment) in the economies of Asia and Australasia, excluding Japan. The portfolio will consist of around 60 holdings, 30 of which will be core holdings.
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AAS : Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus
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Research History
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08 Dec 2020 3 min read
QuotedData’s ESG Conference – week 3 Governance day playback
On the 8th December QuotedData hosted the last of three ESG focused webinars. This Governance webinar included presentations and Q&As from 4 investment companies’ managers focused on targeting underlying companies actively improving corporate governance practices and addressing inequality. We would like to thank all our speakers and our attendees for joining us. Click below to watch the presentations. David […]
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12 Nov 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – November 2020
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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07 May 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – May 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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24 Jan 2020 28 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Annual Review – 2019
In this issue The sector at the end of 2019 Performance data Performance by sector and fund Money in and out of the sector Money in and out of existing funds Money coming into existing funds Money going out of existing funds Liquidations, de-listings and trading cancellations Significant rating changes Major news stories Outlook for […]
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12 Nov 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – November 2019
Economic & Political Roundup
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19 Dec 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any […]
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11 Jun 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of May 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. The premium of biotech company, Syncona, rose on positive news on two of its […]
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18 Apr 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – April 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – April 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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13 Mar 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – March 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – March 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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10 Nov 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – November 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – November 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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08 Nov 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of October 2016. november-investment-companies-roundup-2
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1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – November 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. november-economic-and-political-roundup
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27 Oct 2016 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2016
Q3 saw the market adapt to life post the UK’s EU referendum. Sterling continued to fall but most stock markets stabilised and discounts narrowed across most sectors. While the US election is dominating headlines, it does not seem to be having much impact on markets so far. q3-quarterly-roundup
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
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09 Aug 2016 1 min read
Edinburgh Dragon – Returning to form
Edinburgh Dragon Trust (EFM) is the largest and one of the most liquid investment companies focused on the Asia ex Japan region. Its strong focus on quality has served it well over the long term. EFM’s manager says that an environment of very low interest rates has distorted markets, with the result that EFM’s focus […]
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20 Oct 2020 2 min read
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus borrows long term
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus borrows long term – Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus has agreed terms to extend and secure the company’s long-term borrowings through the issuance of a £30m 15-year Senior Unsecured Loan Note at an annualised interest rate of 3.05%. The loan note will be unsecured, unlisted and denominated in sterling. It will rank pari […]
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09 Jun 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 June 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 June 2020: Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus has entered into a new two year multicurrency revolving loan facility of £20 million with The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited (“RBSI”), which replaces the Company’s $25m loan facility with RBSI, which matured on 5 June 2020. £18.2 million of the loan has been drawn […]
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08 Apr 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 April 2020
Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) said that to-date, there has been no material impact on the company’s day-to-day operations or performance. Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus (AAS) released interim results to 31 January 2020 ( Total return performance in NAV and share price terms was (8.3%) and (6.2%), compared to the MSCI Asia (ex-Japan) smaller companies index […]
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26 Mar 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 March 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 March 2020: As the excitement of yesterday’s $2trn stimulus gave way to the reality of sharply rising cases in the US and stories of a potential uptick in cases in Japan (where the virus seemed to be under control) markets are falling once again. NB Private Equity has increased its borrowing […]
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30 Oct 2019 1 min read
Revamp pays off for Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus
Revamp pays off for Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus – Over the year ended 31 July 2017, the NAV of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus (formerly Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies) rose by 7.1%. In comparison, the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex-Japan Small Cap Index lost 0.5% and the more large cap MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex […]
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12 Nov 2018 1 min read
Hugh Young to be named manager of Aberdeen Asian Smaller
Hugh Young to be named manager of Aberdeen Asian Smaller (which will also change its name) – Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies reports that, over the year to 31 July 2018, its net asset value rose by 4.6% in sterling total return terms, underperforming its benchmark by 2%. The underperformance happened in the first half of the […]
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16 Apr 2018 1 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies gives details of CULS conversion
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies gives details of CULS conversion – Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies (AAS) has made announcements in January and February about converting its 3.5% convertible unsecured loan stock 2019 (2019 CULS). The company has announced further details in relation to the proposed restructuring of the 2019 CULS and the terms of a new class of convertible unsecured […]
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13 Feb 2018 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller considering new CULS issue
Aberdeen Asian Smaller considering new CULS issue – The board of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies has commissioned its advisers to develop a detailed proposal to the company’s shareholders and CULS holders in relation to restructuring the current CULS. The proposal is currently being formulated but is expected to include: a conversion of the existing CULS […]
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25 Oct 2017 3 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller outperforms helped by financials
Aberdeen Asian Smaller outperforms helped by financials – Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies says that, for the year ended 31 July 2017, its net asset value increased by 15.4% on a total return basis, ahead of the MSCI Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Cap Index’s return of 14.3%. For UK-based investors the weakness in sterling boosted investment returns. […]
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25 Oct 2016 3 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller asks for permission to invest in pre IPO stocks
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies reports a “good set of results for the year ended 31 July 2016”. The net asset value total return was 18.4%, while the share price increased by 19.4% reflecting a slight narrowing in the discount from 11.9% to 11.4%. In comparison, the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index returned 17.6% and […]
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19 Sep 2016 1 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller cuts fees
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies’ Board has reported that an amendment to the management fee has been agreed with Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited that is effective from 1 August 2016. From that date the Manager is entitled to a management fee payable monthly in arrears based on an annual amount of 1.0% (previously 1.2%) of the average […]
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22 Apr 2016 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller underperforms, blames Sri Lankan tax and Taiwan underweight
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies has published figures for the six months ending 31 January 2016. The MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Cap Index fell by 3.0% during this period with the company’s net asset value falling by 5.0%, while the share price declined by 5.7% to 730.0p (on a total return basis), reflecting a […]
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28 Jan 2016 2 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio beats UK market
F&C Managed Portfolio Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2015, announcing a net asset value total return of -5.1% for the Income shares and -2.4% for the Growth shares compared to the FTSE All-Share Index return of -6.4%. The key drivers of the performance of the Growth Portfolio were […]
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28 Oct 2015 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller hit by discount widening
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies has announced results for the year ended 31 July 2015. The net asset value total return for the period was -4.7%. This compares poorly to a fall in the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index of -1.2% and the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Cap Index’s return of -0.8%. For […]
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30 Mar 2015 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Smaller hit by widening discount
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies has announced interim figures covering the six months ended on 31 January 2015. The total return on net assets was 5.9% in the six months to 31 January 2015. By comparison, the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index and MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Cap Index total returns […]
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23 Oct 2014 2 min read
Better second half for Aberdeen Asian Smaller
AAS : Better second half for Aberdeen Asian Smaller The year to the end of July 2014 saw Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies generate a negative return for shareholders of 4.2%. By contrast the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index returned 7.3% and the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Cap Index returned 4.6% […]
