Overview
Aberdeen Asia Focus (formerly abrdn Asia Focus, Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus, and before that 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$1bn 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 Asia Focus
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Price
Research History
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06 Apr 2023 82 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup April 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | April 2023 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs 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 […]
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03 Nov 2022 50 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup November 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | November 2022 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs 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 […]
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08 Dec 2020 2 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 5 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 4 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 20 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 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 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
News
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15 Oct 2025 3 min read
Morning briefing: British Land rallies on upbeat update; TRIG signs Virgin Media O2 deal; plus EJFI, OCI, RTW, AAS, SRE, GPE, SEQI
British Land reports a strong start to its financial year; Renewables Infrastructure Group signs a power supply contract with Virgin Media O2; plus news from Oakley Capital Investments, EJF Investments, RTW Biotech Opportunities, Abrdn Asia Focus, Sirius Real Estate, Great Portland Estate and Sequoia Economic Infrastructure. British Land (BLND) shares gain 5.6% to 382.8p in […]
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30 May 2025 2 min read
Aberdeen’s Flavia Cheong to retire after 30 years building its Asian equity franchise
Aberdeen has announced that Flavia Cheong, head of equities for Asia Pacific, will retire at the end of 2025 after a three-decade career with the business. Her departure follows a period that saw Aberdden grow from having a small regional presence into one of the most respected Asia equity managers in the market. She will […]
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01 May 2025 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 May 2025 – SST, AAS, TEM, AEWU, SUPR
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31 Mar 2025 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 March 2025 – RKW, AAS, MAJE, API, LSAA, PRSR, PCTN, LABS
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 March 2025: Rockwood Strategic (RKW) has announced that its investment management agreement has been novated from Harwood Capital LLP to Rockwood Asset Management (RAM), effective 31 March 2025. RAM is a trading name of Harwood Private Capital LLP, another FCA-authorised entity within the Harwood group. The change will see RAM […]
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24 Oct 2024 5 min read
Asset allocation weighs on abrdn Asia Focus returns relative to benchmark
abrdn Asia Focus has published results covering the 12 month period ended 31 July 2024. Over that period, its NAV total return was 7.9% and share price return 8.8%, both well behind the 14.1% return posted by the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Small cap Index. The trust’s annual dividend was upped very marginally from […]
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20 Oct 2023 7 min read
abrdn Asia Focus’s Hugh Young to retire at the end of the year
abrdn Asia Focus (AAS) has released its annual results for the year ended 31 July 2023. There are a number of key highlights from the report but we think that the most interesting of these is the announcement that veteran Fund Manager, Hugh Young, chairman of abrdn, Asia Pacific, who has headed up abrdn’s Asia […]
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16 Jun 2023 3 min read
QD view – Emerging Asia, much more than India and China
Increasingly, investing in Asia has become a story of India and China. These twin behemoths account for over half of the MSCI Asia ex Japan index[1] and define the narrative for the region. However, some of Asia’s most interesting growth ideas – including China plus one, financial inclusion, and rising technology innovation – can be […]
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17 Jan 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 January 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 January 2023: Gulf Investment Fund (GIF) reports that over the final quarter of 2022, its NAV fell by 3.8%, outperforming the S&P GCC Index, which fell by 6.1%. In fact, 4Q 2022 was one of the worst quarters for Qatar and Saudi Arabia in past 10 years. Qatar fell 15.9% […]
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17 Oct 2022 3 min read
abrdn Asia Focus holds up well in difficult market
abrdn Asia Focus says that, for the year ended 31 July 2022, it generated an NAV return of -2.0% and a share price return of -1.7%, both ahead of the -5.1% return on the MSCI Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index. The dividend was upped from 3.2p to 8.0p and this was covered by revenue […]
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08 Dec 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 December 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 December 2021: VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO) has completed its acquisition of a second 10.9MW solar photovoltaic site located in Queensland, Australia. This acquisition completes the first tranche of this project consisting of two solar PV sites totalling 17MW as previously announced on 2 August 2021. Tranche II of […]
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03 Dec 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 3rd December 2021
QuotedData’s weekly news show 3rd December 2021 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew and Andrew McHattie covered the week’s top stories: Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus TriplePoint EnergyEfficiency This week’s interview was with Rob Crayfourd from CQS […]
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30 Nov 2021 2 min read
Shake up for Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus
Shake up for Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus – prompted we think by a persistent discount, Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus’s board has been carrying out a comprehensive review of the company’s long-term strategy and has also addressed how to make it more competitive and attractive to investors, in particular, retail investors. The board is proposing the […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 November 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 November 2021: Octopus Renewables Infrastructure says that following the completion of construction of the 48MW Ljungbyholm Wind Farm in Sweden and the site becoming fully operational in June 2021, the Company has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) over the electricity to be generated at Ljungbyholm. The counterparty to […]
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20 Oct 2020 1 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 1 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 1 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 2 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 1 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% […]
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23 Sep 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on abrdn Asia Focus
Investment trsut insider on abrdn Asia Focus – James Carthew: Exceptional Asia trusts are overdue a re-rating Chinese-focused investment companies are thriving at a time when many are looking to diversify away from the US. As investors look for alternatives to US assets, Asian markets (with the notable exception of India) have fared relatively well over […]
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29 May 2024 1 min read
Will ‘activist investors’ turn these trusts around?
by Dave Baxter, Investors’ Chronicle, May 29, 2024: When Elliott Investment Management cut its stake in Scottish Mortgage (SMT) below 5 per cent earlier this month, it’s likely to have prompted a sigh of relief from the trust’s board.. The case for activists Activists are not always a helpful presence for other shareholders given that […]
