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Asia Dragon Trust plc Description

Edinburgh Dragon Trust Plc is closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited. It is co-managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited. The fund invests in public equity markets of the Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan and Australasia. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of large cap companies. It employs fundamental analysis with both bottom-up and top-down stock selection approaches, focusing on such factors as management, business focus, balance sheet, corporate governance, key financial ratios, the market, the peer group, and business prospects to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI All Country Asia (ex Japan) Index. Edinburgh Dragon Trust Plc was formed on September 7, 1987 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.

Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Keywords: Investment Management Corporate Finance Stock Fund Financial Ratios Mutual Fund Australasia Fundamental Analysis Balance Sheet Asia Frontier Capital