Aberdeen Investments has launched the abrdn SICAV I – Emerging Markets Equity Enhanced Index fund.
The vehicle aims to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets 10/40 index, before charges, over rolling five-year periods.
Dovetailing both active and passive investing through quant-based methodology, the fund will sit alongside Aberdeen’s World, American and European Equity Enhanced Index strategies, which reside within its Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV vehicle launched in January this year.
In addition to the UK, the fund is available to investors in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Emily Smart, chief product officer at Aberdeen Investments, said: “With the launch of the fund, clients can now access our Enhanced Index expertise across a broader regional toolkit than ever before.
“We believe our combination of a proven investment process, regional breadth, competitive pricing and deep investment expertise differentiates us in the marketplace and makes our enhanced index offering truly distinctive.”
Nick Millington, head of systematic index solutions – enhanced index, at Aberdeen Investments, added that Aberdeen’s enhanced index strategies are “designed to manage unintended risks while maintaining exposure to targeted sources of return”.
“Investors also benefit from a consistent investment philosophy that has been applied across global and regional equity markets for more than 20 years.”
