Bangkok--18 Jul--Aberdeen Asset Management
Aberdeen local equity funds past performance are outstanding. Year-to-date, Aberdeen Small Cap fund returned27.56%, Aberdeen Growth Fund returned 22.59% andAberdeen Siam Leaders Fund returned 22.01%. It indicates thatAberdeen local equity fundshave beenattractive for investors.
Mr.AdithepVanabriksha, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Aberdeen Asset Management Company Limited, Thailand, said “Thai exports rebounded in May by 7.7% year-on-year on pent-up demand post-last year’s floods. The outlook, however, is dimmed by China’s growth slowdown and Europe’s debt woes, prompting the central bank to cut its export growth forecast for this year to 8 percent from 9 percent earlier. Imports grew 18.2% year-on-year driven by imports of capital goods for flood reconstruction and government infrastructure spending. Thailand’s industrial output also rose a higher-than-expected 5.5% year-on-yearreflecting post-flood production recovery especially in the automobile production which bodes well for auto industry.Meanwhile, the extension of the deposit guarantee of 50 million baht/account/bank for 3 years until August 2015 is good news for banking industry as well.”
Aberdeen Small Cap Fund (ABSM)Registered date 2 June 2005. Mainly invest at least 65% of its NAV in any accounting period, in equity or equity related securities or assets of potential high growth or good fundamental companies for medium to long-term investment. The fund will invest in shares of listed companies, in particular companies with market capitalisation not exceeding Baht 20,000 million or an equivalent of USD 500 million (from the first investment date) whereby the rest will be invested in other financial instruments according to the SEC or the Office of the SEC notifications.
Aberdeen Growth Fund (ABG)Registered date 18 July 1997. Aberdeen Growth will mainly invest, at least 65% of its NAV in any accounting period, in equity or equity related securities or assets of potential high growth or good fundamental companies for medium to long-term investment, and at least 50% of fund’s NAV will be invested in shares of listed companies whereby the rest will be invested in other financial instruments.
Aberdeen Siam Leaders Fund (ABSL)Registered date 2 March 2004. Invest least 65% of its NAV in any accounting period, in equity or equity related securities or assets of potential high growth or good fundamental companies for medium to long-term investment, and at least 50% of the fund’s NAV will be invested in shares of listed companies, in particular the first 150 listed companies with highest market capitalisation and other stocks with sound fundamental. Appropriate ratio will be taken into account whereby the rest will be invested in other financial instruments.
Aberdeen Small Cap Fund (ABSM), Aberdeen Growth Fund (ABG) and Aberdeen Siam Leaders Fund (ABSL) Performance as of June 29, 2012 (%)
Fund Performance NAV 3mths 6mths 12mths 3 Yrs 5 Yrs YTD Since Inception Benchmark Since Inception of each fund
as of 29 June 2012
Aberdeen Small Cap Fund (ABSM) 29.0117 7.43 27.56 32.01 149.92 87.82 27.56 189.99 74.21
Aberdeen Growth Fund (ABG) 80.8062 3.18 22.59 30.58 128.24 85.21 22.59 708.06 79.39
Aberdeen Siam Leaders Fund (ABSL) 31.7490 2.84 22.01 30.14 128.62 85.57 22.01 217.51 67.03
Benchmark:SET Index -2.06 14.32 14.58 96.73 50.89 14.32
Source: Aberdeen Asset Management Company Limited
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The fund performance document is prepared in accordance with AIMC standards.
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Aberdeen Asset Management manages over US$ 273.91bn* of third party assets from its offices around the world. At Aberdeen, asset management is our sole business. We operate independently and only manage assets for third parties, allowing us to focus only on their needs, without conflicts of interest. Our clients access our investment expertise across the three asset classes: equities, fixed income and property. We package our skills in the form of segregated and pooled products across borders. We invest worldwide and follow a predominantly long-only approach, based on fundamentally sound investments — we do not chase market fads.
*Data as of end May 2012
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