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abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Fund

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Fund Detail

PDS https://informedinvestor.com.au/view/pds/100037-2024-02-27-02:17.pdf
FUND MANAGER abrdn Australia
ASX Code
APIR EQI0028AU
ASSET CLASS GLOBAL EQUITIES
INVESTMENT STYLE

To provide investors with high capital growth over the medium to long term (3-5 years) by seeking exposure to the Asian markets (other than the Japan market), adjusted to take into account certain ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) considerations. 
INVESTMENT PROFILE

The Fund aims to generate high capital growth over the medium to long term by investing primarily in equities and equity-related securities of companies listed, incorporated or domiciled in Asia countries (excluding Japan) or companies that derive a significant proportion of their revenues or profits from Asia countries (excluding Japan) operations; or have significant proportion of their assets there.
CURRENCY MANAGEMENT Unhedged
INCEPTION DATE 01-10-2003
BENCHMARK MSCI All Countries Asia Accumulation Index (ex-Japan) AUD unhedged
FUND SIZE MSCI All Countries Asia Accumulation Index (ex-Japan) AUD unhedged
DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY Yearly
NO. OF HOLDINGS 40-50
FEES 1.18% p.a. of the NAV
STRUCTURE

Benefits

Benefits

Benefits of investing in the abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Fund

Investing in the Fund offers a number of benefits, including:

 

  • Access to investment opportunities and diversification that individual investors usually cannot achieve on their own.
  • Investment professionals who are part of a globally integrated network with global research capabilities delivering their best investment ideas and capabilities to clients around the world.
  • the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into every stage of our investment process. Our goal is to reduce risk, enhance potential value for our investors and foster companies that can contribute positively to the world.
  • Participation in any in come distributions from the Fund.

 

Risk level

Very High (SRM 7)

Investor suitability

Mainly direct and indirect investors seeking long term capital growth with some income through investment in Asian equity securities. The Fund is also intended to be suitable for indirect investors who invest in the Fund through an IDPS Provider.
RISK LEVEL Very High
INVESTOR SUITABILITY

Risks

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Key Features

The Fund is a high conviction actively managed Asian equity portfolio managed using a bottom-up approach with little reference to a benchmark.

Utilising abrdn's proven equity investment philosophy and approach, that is replicated and consistent across all equity investment desks, we seek to identify quality companies trading at reasonable valuations through our own first hand research.

Investment objective

To provide investors with high capital growth over the medium to long term (3-5 years) by seeking exposure to the Asian markets (other than the Japan market).

The normal characteristics of the Fund include:

 

  • Low turnover due to our buy and hold' approach - average holding period of around five years.
  • Significant divergence from the benchmark.
  • Low cash allocation (as the aim is to be fully invested in securities).

 

Mandate

How we invest your money

The Fund invests primarily in a concentrated portfolio of around 35-55 Asian (excluding Japan) listed securities with the potential for capital growth and increased earning potential.

Our Asian equity managers, located in Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, seek to identify and invest in good quality Asian listed securities through first hand company visits.

Quality is chiefly an evaluation of a company's management, balance sheet and business model.

Only those companies which pass our rigorous quality screen are assessed for value. We see risk in terms of investing in a poor quality company, or overpaying for a good one, and do not view risk in benchmark relative terms.

We therefore downplay benchmarks in portfolio construction since these provide little indication of future performance. We are comfortable not holding companies if they do not satisfy our disciplined quality and valuation criteria, regardless of their benchmark weight. We never invest in a company without first meeting the management.

Asset allocation

  • 90-100% Asian equity securities (other than the Japan market)
  • 0-10% Cash

The Fund is generally fully invested in Asian equity securities.

The Fund uses derivatives.