The objective of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC is to maximise total return to shareholders over the long term from a portfolio of smaller quoted companies (with a market capitalisation of under US$750m at time of investment) in the economies of Asia and Australasia, outside Japan.
Trust Profile - Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Inv Tr PLC (LSE:AAS)
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Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC
Objective
Country Allocation (as at 30th September 2009)
| % Trust | % Regional index | % Month's market change | |
| Singapore | 18.1 | 4.7 | 7.8 |
| Malaysia | 16.0 | 2.7 | (6.1) |
| Hong Kong | 16.0 | 8.0 | 10.3 |
| India | 16.0 | 8.0 | 10.3 |
| Thailand | 9.0 | 1.4 | 14.8 |
| Indonesia | 8.5 | 1.9 | 13.9 |
| Philippines | 4.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 4.3 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Korea | 1.8 | 14.1 | 14.2 |
| New Zealand | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| Other Asia | 1.2 | n/a | n/a |
| Pakistan | 1.0 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Australia | 0.0 | 28.6 | 13.8 |
| China | 0.0 | 18.0 | 6.7 |
| Taiwan | 0.0 | 12.0 | 14.9 |
| Cash | 2.9 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |