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Global Equities

Our global equity strategy is built around a high conviction ‘best ideas’ approach, designed to allow the Global Equity team to capitalise on the expertise of our regional equity research teams.

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Global equity investing - a world of opportunities

We believe that the combination of our long-term investment horizon and stock-picking style makes us ideally placed to take advantage of the opportunities in global equities over the long-term.

Aberdeen’s global equity strategy is built around a high conviction ‘best ideas’ approach, designed to allow the Global Equity team to capitalise on the expertise of our regional equity research teams.

For bottom-up stock picking managers like Aberdeen, investing across the globe provides a wealth of opportunities. It offers direct access to the very best and strongest companies regardless of location. Such companies, as well as offering performance potential, are also well positioned to respond to a constantly changing economic and business environment.

We believe that by giving our fund managers free rein to invest anywhere in the world, we are providing them with greater opportunities to deliver superior performance.

Advantages of our global approach

A wider opportunity set with few regional constraints
Valuation comparisons across the world that highlight areas of neglect or inefficiency and, hence, potential opportunities
An investment remit that takes full advantage of face-to-face proprietary global research
Diversification across sectors and industries but also by countries and therefore economies, stock markets and political systems
Provides the maximum level of flexibility to select the most attractive opportunities, wherever in the world they may be

* van Eyk Research Pty Ltd (ABN 99 010 664 632 AFSL 237917) (ABN 99 010 664 632 AFSL 237917) (van Eyk) rates investment management capabilities rather than individual products. These ratings are valid as at October 2010 (Aberdeen International Equity Fund, Aberdeen Actively Hedged International Equities Fund and Aberdeen Fully Hedged International Equities Fund), but can change or cease at anytime and should not be relied upon without referring to the meaning of the rating, as well as the full manager report, available to subscribers at www.iRate.vaneyk.com.au. Past performance information given in this document is given for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon as it is not an indication of future performance. van Eyk has not directed the publication of Aberdeen Asset Management’s ratings. These ratings are not intended to influence you and your client’s investment decision in relation to any products managed by Aberdeen Asset Management and do not take into account your client’s individual financial situation, needs or objectives. We recommend that you and your client do not rely on these ratings in making an investment decision and instead you seek advice from an appropriate investment adviser and read the product disclosure statement before making such a decision."
** The Lonsec Limited (“Lonsec”) ABN 56 061 751 102 ratings (assigned as follows: EQI0015AU, CRS0005AU and CSA0135AU – December 2011) presented in this document is limited to “General Advice” and based solely on consideration of the investment merits of the financial product(s). It is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold the relevant product(s), and you should seek independent financial advice before investing in this product(s). The rating is subject to change without notice and Lonsec assumes no obligation to update this document following publication. Lonsec receives a fee from the Fund Manager for rating the product(s) using comprehensive and objective criteria.
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