ABERDEEN STANDARD SICAV EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY D2 GBP

Investment Process

The invest process follows a team-based approach that looks for 'high quality' companies - those with durable business models, strong corporate governance and solid balance sheets. Once invested, the fund tends to hold stocks for a number of years. The team have now met a large number of companies within the global emerging markets universe and they are also able to draw on the in depth company research that Aberdeen has carried out on companies in Asia since 1985. After an initial screen for quality criteria, the whole team follow the same approach to analysing companies. This focus on the quality of a business means that team discussion usually focuses on valuation of a business if it is considered good enough to invest in. The team set buy-price targets and maintain a watch list of stocks which includes businesses that meet their quality criteria but are considered too expensive to invest in.