The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The fund prefers a multi-manager investing approach with the aim of reducing volatility and downside risk.

The fund manages assets with the help of two sub-advisers namely Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited and Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited.

The sub-advisers’ investment proces More

The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size outside the United States.

The fund prefers a multi-manager investing approach with the aim of reducing volatility and downside risk.

The fund manages assets with the help of two sub-advisers namely Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited and Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited.

The sub-advisers’ investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.

Next, the research team focuses on securities of emerging market companies.

According to the team, an emerging market country is any country to have an emerging market economy, considering factors such as the country’s credit rating, its political and economic stability and the development of its financial and capital markets.

Emerging market countries include every nation in the world except the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most countries located in Western Europe.

The research process is driven by fundamental analysis of one stock at a time. In selecting securities for the portfolio, the research team relies on first-hand research and disciplined company evaluation.

Also, the research team integrates environmental, social and governance factors as part of its process.

Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.

At times, the fund may have a significant amount of its assets invested in a country or geographic region.

Also, the fund may invest in securities of any market sector and may hold a significant amount of securities of companies, from time to time, within a single sector.