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Fund of the Week: Aberdeen Asia Pacific & Japan
Our pick this week focuses on one of Asia's most prudent and disciplined managers, Hugh Young, and his pan asian fund.
The strength of Japan's currency, and its effect on the country's exports, has been one of the main talking points in financial markets over the past year. Citywire's senior investment analyst, Frank Talbot, argues that the Japanese government's intervention in the currency market is a welcome move. But the immediate effect is uncertain and further falls are required before exports can fully recover.
Hugh Young, Aberdeen's head of Asian Equities, has made his name through a disciplined approach to investment in Asia. Japan occupies around 20% of his pan Asian portfolio, Aberdeen Asia Pacific & Japan, and we back the manager to make the most out of any return to form in the country.
The fund is one of a handful of cherry picked ways to access Asia Pacific investments in Citywire Selection, the guide to our best investment ideas.
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John Osborne
Sep 26, 2010 at 12:31
Hugh Young's team and and Asian record speak for themselves, but I did not know they had much Japan specialisation. We shall see, not that it has made much difference with only 20%. Japan has been in a bear market for years; with huge government debt and aging declining population, will it ever recover properly? The lower valuation may be there for a good reason.
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