Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc - AAS

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited . It is co-managed by Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited. The fund invests in public equity markets of Asia and Australasia, excluding Japan. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of small-cap companies with market capitalizations of US$ 1 billion or less. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach, focusing on such factors as management, business focus, balance sheet, corporate governance, financial ratios, company visits, and peer group business prospects to create its portfolios. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index and the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Cap Index. Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC was formed on October 19, 1995 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.