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Aberdeen Asset Managers, Aberdeen Investment Trusts, 10 Queen's Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1YG
0500 00 40 00 (Main Number)

inv.trusts@aberdeen-asset.com

Fund managers

* Asian Equities Team»01-Oct-1995 to Present
Hugh Young»01-Oct-1995 to 31-Aug-2004


Investment objectives

The objective of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC is to maximise total return to shareholders over the long term from a portfolio of smaller quoted companies (with a market capitalization of up to approximately US$1 billion at the time of investment) in the economies of Asia and Australasia, outside Japan.

Key Information

Fund vs sector

  1y 3y
Position 2 / 15 1 / 15
Quartile 1 1

Fund ratings

FE Crown Rating: 5 FE
Crown Rating
(Quantitative)

Ratios

  1y 3y
Volatility 12.81 20.20
Alpha 24.81 22.71
Beta 0.87 1.09
Sharpe 3.62 1.68
InfoRatio 2.05 1.87
R2 0.39 0.64
Quartiles:   1  2   3  4   help with ratios
vs. Asia Pacific excluding Japan Equities»

Performance

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    1y 3y 5y 12m-24m 24m-36m 36m-48m 48m-60m
+70.6 +169.0 +306.1 +10.7 +42.4 +60.6 -6.0
  NAV +55.2+117.8+232.8+11.5 +25.8+69.6-9.9
  Asia Pacific excluding Japan Equities +37.9+54.3+87.8-8.3+22.0+38.0-11.8
Share Price
 SharePriceDatePrem/DiscDiluted NAVGearingDiv yield
EstimLast pub.NetGross
pdf ABERDEEN ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC ORD 1162.00 (p) 22-May-2013 +4.73 1088.55 1083.70
21-May-2013
109 0.82 0.82
Capital structure & income
Share Type Exchange Nominal value Issued Market value (m) Wind-up date Splits News
ABERDEEN ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC ORD UNIT LONDON 25 37,469,000 427.15 n/a n/a company announcements
Share identifiers: TIDM: AAS; SEDOL: 0010076; ISIN: GB0000100767
Detailed fund information
Fund type flag United Kingdom-registered Investment Trusts
Launched1995
Gross assets£442.9m / $670.6m
Sector Asia Pacific excluding Japan Equities
Asset ClassEquity
Own ISA wrapper Fund has ISA Wrapper help with ISA
Savings plan Fund has Savings Plan Minimum: £ 50.0 Monthly
Annual accountsannual (Click to order)
Last report / accounts21-Mar-2013
Last AGM21-Nov-2012
Next AGMNovember 2013
EGM30-Nov-2005
Stockbroker(s)Matrix Corporate Capital LLP
Management contractAn annual fee of 1.2% of the NAV of the Company valued and paid monthly in arrears. The agreement is terminable on one years' notice.
Borrowing limitWhilst the use of borrowings should enhance the total return on the Ordinary shares where the return on the Company's underlying assets is rising and exceeds the cost of borrowing, it will have the opposite effect where the underlying return is''less than the cost of borrowing, further reducing the total return on the Ordinary shares.
Continuation / Wind-up provisionn/a
Dividend policyn/a
Investment restrictionsn/a
Reconstruction proposaln/a
Settlement detailsn/a
Tax policyn/a
Peer groups
Region Asset Class Investment Focus Sector
Asia Pacific Ex Japan Equity Mixed Asia Pacific excluding Japan Equities
Largest holdings, 31-Mar-2013
Holding (%) Rank Prev Holding (%) Rank Prev
SIAM MAKRO4.601(1)GIORDANO INTERNATIONAL2.706(6)
MULTI BINTANG INDONESIA4.402(2)GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS2.707(9)
AEON CO(M)3.803(3)BANK OCBC NISP TBK(PT)2.608(7)
BUKIT SEMBAWANG ESTATES3.504(4)ASIAN TERMINALS INC2.609(8)
AEON THANA SINSA(THAILAND)3.505(5)EASTERN WATER RESOURCES DEV & MGMT2.4010(10)
 Total32.80 
Regional weightings, 31-Mar-2013
Region (%) Rank Prev  
Malaysia 19.00 1 (1) 19.00% Malaysia
Thailand 16.50 2 (2) 16.50% Thailand
Hong Kong 15.10 3 (3) 15.10% Hong Kong
Singapore 11.00 4 (4) 11.00% Singapore
India 10.00 5 (5) 10.00% India
Indonesia 8.80 6 (6) 8.80% Indonesia
Philippines 5.80 7 (7) 5.80% Philippines
Sri Lanka 3.80 8 (8) 3.80% Sri Lanka
Cash 3.20 9 (9) 3.20% Cash
Pakistan 1.80 10 (11) 1.80% Pakistan
UK 1.70 11 (10) 1.70% UK
Australia 1.50 12 (12) 1.50% Australia
New Zealand 1.10 13 (13) 1.10% New Zealand
Korea 0.70 14 (14) 0.70% Korea
Total100.00 


All prices in Pence Sterling (GBX) unless otherwise specified. Price total return performance figures are calculated using closing mid prices and with net income (dividends) reinvested. NAV total return performance figures are calculated using fully diluted (where applicable) daily estimated NAV figures from Thomson Financial Datastream and with gross income (dividends) reinvested.

 
 
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Asset allocation

Malaysian Equities, 19.00%
19.0000% ofMalaysian Equities
Thai Equities, 16.50%
16.5000% ofThai Equities
Hong Kong Equities, 15.10%
15.1000% ofHong Kong Equities
Singapore Equities, 11.00%
11.0000% ofSingapore Equities
Indian Equities, 10.00%
10.0000% ofIndian Equities
Indonesian Equities, 8.80%
8.8000% ofIndonesian Equities
Philippine Equities, 5.80%
5.8000% ofPhilippine Equities
Asia Pacific Emerging Equities, 5.60%
5.6000% ofAsia Pacific Emerging Equities
Money Market, 3.20%
3.2000% ofMoney Market
UK Equities, 1.70%
1.7000% ofUK Equities
Australian Equities, 1.50%
1.5000% ofAustralian Equities
New Zealand Equities, 1.10%
1.1000% ofNew Zealand Equities
South Korean Equities, 0.70%
0.7000% ofSouth Korean Equities

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