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Why Global Smaller Companies now?
The abrdn Global Small Cap Fund - A (ABGS-A) invests into the Standard Life Investments Global SICAV II – Global Smaller Companies Fund (the Master Fund)
Superior past performance
The Master Fund has outperformed the benchmark (MSCI ACWI Small Cap Gross Total Return USD) by +15.66% and +4.29% annualized return over the past 1 years and 3 years respectively. 1
Lower volatility
The Master Fund has a lower beta when compared to the benchmark. The Master Fund also has low correlation with large cap companies (MSCI AC World).2
Attractive entry point
Small caps potentially provides higher growth opportunities as valuations are more attractive relative to the overall index.3
Selection of high quality stocks with growth opportunities
Our Quant technology (The Matrix Model) helps identify new ideas by providing deep analysis on quality, growth, momentum and valuation.2
Source
1Master Fund: Standard Life Investments Global SICAV II - Global Smaller Companies Fund, Source: abrdn, as of Jan 2021.
2Source: abrdn, base currency, 31 Dec 2020.
3Source: Bloomberg (data is long term price earnings ratio), Lipper IM, 28 Nov 2008 to 31 Dec 2020
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