To achieve long term capital growth through investment in the Far East. The company's benchmark is the MSCI All Country Asia Free (ex Japan) Index. Investments are made in stock markets in the region, with the exception of Japan and Australasia, principally in large companies. When appropriate, the trust will utilitise gearing to maximise long term returns.
Trust Profile - Edinburgh Dragon Trust PLC (LSE:EFM)
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FTSE 250 Equity Investment InstrumentsMarket cap: £414.562m
Edinburgh Dragon Trust PLC
Objective
Top Ten Equity Holdings (as at 30th September 2009)
| Country | % | |
| Samsung Electronics Pref. | South Korea | 4.5 |
| Jardine Strategic | Singapore | 4.4 |
| Swire Pacific ‘B’ | Hong Kong | 4.2 |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. | Singapore | 4.0 |
| HDFC | India | 3.9 |
| Singapore Technologies Engineering | Singapore | 3.3 |
| PTT Exploration and Production | Thailand | 3.2 |
| United Overseas Bank | Singapore | 3.1 |
| City Developments | Singapore | 3.0 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor | Taiwan | 3.0 |
| Total | 36.6 | |
| Total number of investments | 47 |